Center for Alcohol & Drug Treatment history

Lincoln Recovery Center uses acupuncture to treat addiction (1970). Lincoln Recovery was initially an outpatient treatment center in the 1970s that used methadone.

FDA approves Narcan (1971). Narcan could counter opioid overdose effects, usually within 2 minutes.

The FDA approved it to treat heroin addiction in 1972.2 Methadone is a slow-acting opioid agonist that prevents harsh opioid withdrawal symptoms.18

In 1973-74, a community-based demand for natural, non-pharmaceutical treatments for heroin and opioid addiction spurred the use of acupuncture in the clinic.

The rehab facilities was renamed the Federal Medical Center in 1975 when the federal government decentralized drug addiction treatment and was delivered to state governments.

Mothers Against Drunk Driving is formed in 1980.

In 1982, Ford co-founded the first Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, CA.22

In 1985, specialized treatment options begin regularly appearing, catering to demographics such as the elderly, gay individuals, women, adolescents, and those suffering from co-occurring mental health disorders.

American Medical Association calls all drug addictions diseases (1987). The AMA passed legislation identifying alcoholism as a complex disease that merited the serious concern of all members of the health professions.2

According to the 1989 publication “The History of Wine,” “the oldest seeds of cultivated vines so far discovered and carbon dated were found in Georgia and belong to the period from 7000 to 5000 BC.”

In 1992, The Center for Substance Abuse Treatment is created to expand the availability and quality of addiction treatment.

The program teaches skills for self-directed change and helps users cope with urges and manage thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that can drive addiction.23 Naltrexone approved for alcoholism (1994). In late 1994, naltrexone became the second drug the FDA approved for alcoholism.

Musto, D.F. (1996). Pathways of Addiction: Opportunities in Drug Abuse Research.

White, W. (1998). Significant Events in the History of Addiction Treatment and Recovery in America.

In 1999, Drug Addiction Treatment Act was passed, as an amendment to the Controlled Substances Act.20

The Drug Addiction Treatment Act (DATA) of 2000 allows for the office-based treatment of opioid and narcotic addiction through medical maintenance drugs, and the prescription of controlled substances designed to help with detox and prevent relapse, such as buprenorphine opioid agonist products.

(2003). “Quest for a Cure: Care and Treatment in Missouri’s First State Mental Hospital.” Office of the Secretary of State, Missouri.

Dubiel, R. (2004).The Road to Fellowship: The Role of the Emmanuel Movement and the Jacoby Club in the Development of Alcoholics Anonymous.

Roman emperors who ruled hard and partied hard, including Claudius, Nero, Tiberius and Caligula — according to a 2006 article in Current Psychiatry, “Some historians have estimated that two-thirds of Roman emperors who reigned from 30 BC (Augustus) to 220 AD (Elegabalus) drank heavily.”

Only specially qualified doctors are allowed to prescribe this medicine.21 Then, in 2008, The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) was passed.

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) expanded coverage for substance abuse treatment in 2010 by making sure insurance plans included this kind of treatment program.

“What are the Treatments for Heroin Addiction?” (November 2014). National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Arghya, P., Deep, P. R., Rajesh, S. (2015). Tracing the journey of disulfiram: From an unintended discovery to a treatment option for alcoholism.

Kentucky Educational Television. (2017). Lexington’s Narcotic Farm: A Pioneering Institution in Drug Treatment.

Gluck, A.R., Schottenfeld, J.R., Tobin, D.G., Waldman, S.A. (2018). Pain and Addiction in Specialty and Primary Care: The Bookends of a Crisis.

United States Food and Drug Administration. (2019).Information about Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT).