title: Physician Leadership on National Drug Policy: advocacy for an effective drug policy.
abstract: The founders of the PLNDP envisioned an active and committed group willing to tackle the potentially controversial area of national drug policy. The group already initiated a serious national debate about drug policy, inside and outside of the medical profession. Several national professional societies moved beyond their existing policies to embrace components of the PLNDP initiative. The group meets again in the summer of 1999 to share goals and articulate the next steps in research and advocacy. This meeting invites leaders in law, the enforcement community, legislators, community coalition leaders, and experts in addiction medicine and addiction psychiatry. PLNDP leaders expect that the subsequent coalitions will affect the course of discussion about the nation's drug policy far into the future.
authors: Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA. David_Lewis@brown.edu
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mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000191:economics; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004335:Drug and Narcotic Control / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005260:Female; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D008297:Male; D010819:Physician's Role; D011050:Policy Making; D011329:Prisoners; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000191:economics / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy*; D014481:United States