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Fred Muench, PhD, is the President and CEO of the Partnership for Drug-Free Kids, a national nonprofit that supports families struggling with their son or daughter’s substance use. He is a clinical psychologist with extensive knowledge and understanding of substance ...

Editor’s note: PGDF’s Advisory Council (AC) is comprised of experts from across the field of addiction. In this series, we invite AC members to share their expertise and experience with PGDF constituents. Joseph Skrajewski, MA, MFTI, is executive director of ...

Baclofen, a prescription muscle relaxer and anti-spastic agent developed in the 1970’s, is sometimes used as an off-label treatment for alcohol use disorder (AUD), and has been widely used in France for this purpose. By 2013, over 200,000 French people ...

In our Treatment Guide Spotlight series, we highlight resources that can help solve specific problems and answer questions associated with alcohol and alcohol use disorder (AUD), using the PGDF Treatment Guide as a tool. There are many approaches to treating ...

Peter Dodge and PGDF are pleased to announce the launch of Young Philanthropists Initiative (YPI). This new program will engage those under 50 years old with $50M or more in assets, asking them to commit to allocating at least 50% ...

We at PGDF are always scouring the news for the latest on science, policy, opinion, and culture related to alcohol use disorder and its treatment. In this quarterly series, we present a digest of notable news from the field. Science ...

Editor’s note: PGDF’s Advisory Council (AC) is comprised of experts from across the field of addiction. In this series, we invite AC members to share their expertise and experience with PGDF constituents. Patty McCarthy Metcalf, MS, is the Executive Director ...

Editor’s note: PGDF’s Advisory Council (AC) is comprised of experts from across the field of addiction. In this series, we invite AC members to share their expertise and experience with PGDF constituents. Dr. Jan Gryczynski is a Senior Research Scientist ...