Herbert Kleber describes his experience working at the "narcotics farm" in Lexington, Kentucky after completing his residency at Yale University. He then describes his return to Yale with a heightened interest in exploring pharmaceutical treatments for addiction, such as Naloxone. Kleber moves on to his tenure as the Deputy for Demand Reductions in George H. W. Bush's White House. Particular attent ion is given here to his struggle to secure more government support for methadone treatment, and the interaction of national and New York City politics surrounding substance abuse treatment. He recalls his convictions as a board member of Phoenix House. Finally, Kleber discusses the future of narcotics treatment, which, he asserts, will largely depend on the funding structure
College teachers; Drug abuse--Treatment--United States; Drug abuse--Treatment--New York (State); Naloxone; Therapeutic communities; Substance abuse--Treatment; Kleber, Herbert D; Phoenix House (Organization); Narcotic Farm
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
2015
Physical Description
37 pages
Note (Biographical)
Herbert Kleber is Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Division on Substance Abuse at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and the New York State Psychiatric Institute. Dr. Kleber has been a pioneer in the research and tre atment of substance abuse for over forty years. He and his colleagues have helped develop and improve both medications currently used to treat substance abuse and the psychosocial approaches that accompany them.
Note
Interviewed by Lance Thurner on January 23, 2015
Note (Provenance)
Herbert Kleber, Gift, transferred from Columbia Center for Oral History Research 2016