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Table of Contents Push for Drug Policy Change FASEB's New President Neandertal R NOT US Brought to you by . . . Nerve-Wracking Procedure Leptin's Role Bulks Up Summer Reading Gene Causes Migraine -- And More SEEKING SOLUTIONS: Physician Leadership on National Drug Policy members Louis Sullivan, left, and David Lewis Pointing out, "Drug abuse is a public health problem; addiction is a chronic illness," David Lewis, director of the Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies at Brown University, and 37 of his colleagues have announced an initiative advocating a basic change in the way the United States deals with illicit drug use. Called Physician Leadership on National Drug Policy, the effort was announced at the New York Academy of Medicine on July 9. The group, according to Lewis, is "calling now for a fundamental shift from our reliance on the criminal justice system to the health and public health ...