Spirituality and the Recovery Movement - Hogg Foundation for ...

Government Response to Addiction Problemso In the late 1960s and early 1970s, a federal, state and localpartnership was forged to create community-based alcoholismtreatment programs across the United States.o Treatment programs initiated by the anti-poverty and mentalhealth programs of the 1960s were significantly expanded inthe 1970s under the sponsorship of National Institute onAlcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) and National Instituteon Drug Abuse (NIDA).