President Nixon signed the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act of 1970 on December 31, 1970. This legislation was also known as the Hughes Act for Senator Harold Hughes, a person who was in recovery from alcohol use disorder (AUD) and championed the cause of AUD research. The Hughes Act authorized a comprehensive Federal program to...
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See Full Text Version NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Services Act with respect to alcohol abuse and alcoholism, $469,197,000. NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Amounts Available for Obligation 1 (Dollars in Thousands) Source of Funding FY...
Statement by Ting-Kai Li, M.D., Director National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism National Institutes of Health Department of Health and Human Services Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee: Thank you for giving me the opportunity to update you on the activities of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), the lead agency for U.S. research on...
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