Current Positions

Director, Research Center for Dependency Disorders and Chronic Pain

Executive Director, Community Health Projects Medical Group, a system of 36 medical and dependency clinics in 30 California cities

President, Veract Inc. Training Consultant California Highway Patrol, California Department of Justice Research

Former Positions / Appointments

Drug Advisor, National Football League and Los Angeles Dodgers

Mayor and Council Member, City of West Covina, California

Major, U.S. Army Medical Corps

Public Health Fellow, U.S. Public Health Service

Associate Professor, UCLA School of Public Health

Member, FDA Drug Abuse Advisory Committee Research & Scientific Innovations

Accomplishments

Author of over 300 scientific articles, books, and videos

First to document lung-changes in biopsies of hashish marijuana smokers, and the first to do studies showing drug education should be done with preschool children.

Primary researcher and developer of naltrexone treatment for opiate addiction

Developed and integrated the Rapid Eye Test into clinical practice

First to develop medical treatment for cocaine and methamphetamine dependence

Developed quantitative urine testing for clinical treatment of Drug Abuse

Characterized the Post-Drug Impairment Syndrome

First to report on benefits of narcotic maintenance for chronic, non-cancerous pain

Reported first documented case of anabolic steroid addiction