![Senator Harold Hughes of Des Moines Iowa at International Doctors in Alcoholics Anonymous 1970 [Audio CD] History of Recovery](https://historyofrecovery.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/SenatorHaroldHughes1970atIDIAA.jpg)
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Influential Senator and unanonymous alcoholic talks at recovering Doctors convention about
Alcoholism, Drug Dependency and Public Policy on the Eve of his legislation he initiated taking effect.
The Hughes Bill effectively changed the Alcoholic and Drug Addict from Criminal to Patient and
began the widespread opening of Treatment Centers which were relatively rare before that.
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