Riley Regan, Pioneer and Advocate in Alcoholism and Drug Treatment

Published December 27, 2012

Riley Regan, Pioneer and Advocate in Alcoholism and Drug Treatment

Filed under: drug rehab treatments

Riley W. Regan , a nationally recognized authority on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Public Policy, died peacefully at his home on December 7, 2012, after a short bout with primary liver cancer. He was 77. Mr. Regan, who had a life-long personal and …
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Riley Regan, advocate for alcoholism treatment, dies at 77

Filed under: drug rehab treatments

During the 1980s, when the federal "war on drugs" helped fuel stigmas against substance abusers, Regan — a recovering alcoholic and drug addict — gave a clarion voice to addicts, advocating for treatment over incarceration. Decades later, the …
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