The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence fights the stigma and the disease of alcoholism and other drug addictions.

Medical Scientific Information

Ask Dr. Bob
Robert Morse, MD, chair of the NCADD medical/scientific committee, recently retired from the world-famous Mayo Clinic where he was director of addictive disorders. As "Dr. Bob" he answers general questions asked by visitors to NCADD's website.

Definition of Alcoholism
This comprehensive definition, published by the Journal of the American Medical Association in 1992, was developed by a group of the nation's most esteemed physicians working in the addictions field.
  
 
  Interviews with the Experts

• Former Surgeon General David Satcher, MD, PhD on Underage Drinking
  
  
• Robert Morse, MD on the Use of Pharmacology in Addiction Treatment
  
  
• Nicholas A. Pace, MD on Relapse
  
  
• Daniel Hall-Flavin, MD on Dual Diagnosis
  

National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc.

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