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Article: White House Addiction Treatment Expert Reveals Top Goals in Exclusive Interview with Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Weekly.
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- September 17, 2009
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A. Thomas McLellan, Ph.D. the top federal official on addiction treatment, chose Wiley newsletter Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly for his first interview after being sworn in as deputy director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. Published in the Aug. 31 issue, the interview reveals the bold directions McLellan plans to head in, including a new focus on probation and parole, in partnership with Gil Kerlikowske, ONDCP director.
Talking with Wiley editor Alison Knopf, McLellan discusses his plans to strengthen treatment in community corrections, so that probation and parole are more effective in keeping people who need treatment, instead of ...