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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Textbooks, educational DVDs |
| Founded | 1976 |
| Founder | Paul Steinbroner, William E. Cohen, Darryl Inaba, PharmD |
| Headquarters | , U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Darryl S. Inaba (owner since 2018) (publisher & president) (research director) |
| Divisions | Textbook, Educational Video |
| Website | CNSproductions.com |
CNS Productions is a publisher of educational materials — primarily textbooks and instructional DVDs — dealing with psychoactive drugs and addiction. It was formed in 1983 by Paul Steinbroner, with long-time collaborator William E. Cohen who had an extensive background in medical film production. CNS Productions has produced and distributed over fifty separate titles on issues related to the neurobehavioral effects of psychoactive drugs.[1]
Darryl Inaba, PharmD, 2018 Sole Owner, president, current CNS CEO, former CEO and President of San Francisco's Haight Ashbury Free Clinic served as a consultant on all of the films CNS produced, and co-authored Uppers, Downers, All Arounders (ISBN 978-0-926544-30-7)[2] which was originally published in 1989 to support the film of the same name. Inaba formally joined CNS in 2006.
"CNS" is a reference to the central nervous system.
- ^ Addiction Education DVDs
- ^ Uppers, Downers, All Arounders (ISBN 978-0-926544-30-7), Dr. Darryl S. Inaba and William Cohen, CNS Productions, 1989 [1]