Jerome Jaffe

Jerry Jaffe
Director of the Special Action Office for Drug Abuse Prevention
In office
June 17, 1971 – June 17, 1973
PresidentRichard Nixon
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byRobert DuPont
Personal details
Born
Jerome Herbert Jaffe

(1933-07-06) July 6, 1933 (age 91)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseFaith Kessel (1958–present)
Children3
EducationTemple University (BA, MA, MD)

Jerome H. Jaffe (born July 6, 1933) is a clinical professor and was the drug Czar under the administration of President of the United States Richard Nixon.[1]

  1. ^ Jaffe, J. H. (1 January 1999). "Conversation with Jerome H. Jaffe". Addiction. 94 (1): 13–30. doi:10.1080/09652149934143. PMID 10665082.