Keith Humphreys

He obtained his B.A. from Michigan State University and his A.M. from University of Illinois from 1991 followed by his Ph.D. there in 1993.{{Cite web|url=https://profiles.stanford.edu/keith-humphreys|title=Keith Humphreys|publisher=stanford.edu|accessdate=November 18, 2017}}

In his [https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=UIfCccUAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao widely-cited] book, [https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/medicine/mental-health-psychiatry-and-clinical-psychology/circles-recovery-self-help-organizations-addictions?format=HB&isbn=9780521792776 Circles of Recovery], Humphreys synthesized extensive evidence that a broad range of mutual help groups benefit individuals with substance use disorders. This included traditional 12-step mutual help organizations like Narcotics Anonymous, non-12 step groups like Women for Sobriety, and non-abstinence oriented groups such as Moderation Management. He was a member of the team that in 2020 released the [https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD012880.pub2/full Cochrane Systematic Review of Alcoholics Anonymous Research], which attracted [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/11/upshot/alcoholics-anonymous-new-evidence.html widespread media attention] as the strongest evidence to date of the benefits of Alcoholics Anonymous participation. For his research on self-help groups and treatments for substance use disorders, Humphreys won the [https://www.hsrd.research.va.gov/for%20researchers/awards/default.cfm?award=4688 2021 VA Undersecretary of Health's Award for Outstanding Achievement in Health Services Research].

Humphreys served as a Member of the White House Commission on Drug-Free Communities under President George W. Bush. He also served as Senior Policy Advisor at the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) during the passage of the Affordable Care Act, which included full coverage for the treatment of addiction. Since leaving The White House, he has continued to be involved in federal policy deliberations, including being a senior editor of U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy’s report [https://store.samhsa.gov/product/Facing-Addiction-in-America-The-Surgeon-General-s-Report-on-Alcohol-Drugs-and-Health-Full-Report/SMA16-4991 Facing Addiction in America], [https://oversight.house.gov/legislation/hearings/full-committee-hearing-office-of-national-drug-control-policy-reauthorization testifying to the House Committee on Government Reform] about the mission and structure of ONDCP, [https://judiciary.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=1936 testifying to the House Subcommittee on Crime, Immigration], and Border Security about the lack of evidence that sanctuary cites contribute to the opioid epidemic, [https://www.drugcaucus.senate.gov/hearings/the-federal-response-to-the-drug-overdose-epidemic/ testifying to the U.S Senate Drug Policy Caucus about the opioid epidemic], and [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/trump-signs-opioid-bill-father-who-lost-son-says-we-need-a-bigger-band-aid advising Congress] on the 2018 Support for Patients and Communities Act. In many [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxVeGsjHxjY television] and [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/02/07/100-americans-die-of-drug-overdoses-each-day-how-do-we-stop-that/ newspaper] interviews, Humphreys has been critical of the role of Purdue Pharma and other opioid manufacturers in starting the opioid epidemic.

Humphreys [https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2013/10/18/californias-second-highest-state-executive-says-its-time-to-legalize-pot/ worked with California Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom] on the [https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/final-report-marijuana-policy-full-recommendations Blue Ribbon Commission on Marijuana Law and Policy], which recommended that public health and youth protection be higher priorities than corporate profit if California legalized marijuana. He also served on the team led by drug policy expert Mark Kleiman that advised the State of Washington how to effectively regulate the marijuana industry after that state legalized. Both Kleiman and Humphreys rejected as a false dichotomy the choice between criminal punishment of marijuana users and an unregulated profit seeking corporate sector creating a clone of the tobacco industry. In [https://www.themarshallproject.org/2019/01/14/how-dangerous-is-marijuana-really an interview with Bill Keller of The Marshall Project], Kleiman and Humphreys also agreed that newly legalized marijuana products are highly potent and probably have different effects than marijuana of prior eras. Humphreys has also been [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wps.20739 critical of the medical marijuana industry] for encouraging opioid addicted individuals to replace their FDA approved medications with marijuana and for making false claims about the ability of marijuana to cure cancer, Alzheimer's Disease, and other serious illnesses.

Humphreys has also been extensively involved in British drug and alcohol policy. This has included advising the London Greater Authority on [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/add.14609 the establishment of mandatory sobriety programs for alcohol-involved offenders], serving on Professor Dame Carol Black’s independent [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-launches-second-phase-of-independent-review-into-drug-misuse review of British drug policy], and being a member of Baroness Ilora Finlay‘s [https://ahauk.org/commission-on-alcohol-harm-report/ Commission on Alcohol Harm]. In 2022, [https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/honorary-british-awards-to-foreign-nationals-2022/honorary-awards-to-foreign-nationals-in-2022 Queen Elizabeth II made Humphreys an Honorary Officer of the British Empire] to recognize his service to addiction science and policy in Britain.

Humphreys founded and currently co-directs the [https://addictionpolicy.stanford.edu/ Stanford Network on Addiction Policy], which brings addiction researchers and policymakers to create better policies toward addiction. Current members include Fmr. State Senator Dan Foster, California Supreme Court Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuellar, California Assembly Minority Leader Marie Waldron, and Huntington, West Virginia Mayor Steve Williams.

Humphreys frequently writes for a general audience about addiction, mental health, criminal justice, and drug policy. Since 2014, he has been a regular contributor at Washington Post.{{Cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/keith-humphreys/ |title=Keith Humphreys |work=washingtonpost.com |accessdate=November 18, 2017}} He has also published articles in The New York Times,{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/03/17/lowering-the-deadly-cost-of-drug-abuse/growth-in-drug-treatment-has-led-to-more-innovation|title=New York Times article on addiction treatment|last=|first=|date=|website=The New York Times|access-date=}} Wall Street Journal,{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-simple-fix-for-drunken-driving-1439564251|title=WSJ piece on mandatory sobriety programs|work=Wall Street Journal |date=14 August 2015|access-date= |last1=Humphreys |first1=Keith }} The Huffington Post,{{Cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/keith-humphreys |title=Keith Humphreys |publisher=huffingtonpost.com |accessdate=November 18, 2017}} and The Guardian.{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/keith-humphreys |title=Keith Humphreys |publisher=theguardian.com |accessdate=November 18, 2017}}

• Humphreys, K. (2018). [https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/AJPH.2018.304393 How Medicaid can strengthen the national response to the opioid epidemic]. American Journal of Public Health, 108, 589–590.
• Humphreys, K., Felbab-Brown, V., & Caulkins, J. (2018). [https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/world/2018-04-16/opioids-masses Opioids of the masses: Stopping an American epidemic from going global]. Foreign Affairs, May/June, 118–129.
• Lembke, A., Papac, J., & Humphreys, K. (2018). [https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1715050 Our other prescription drug problem]. New England Journal of Medicine, 378, 693–695.
• Humphreys, K. (2017). [https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2817%2931918-9/fulltext Avoiding globalisation of the prescription opioid epidemic]. Lancet, 390, 437–439.
• Humphreys, K., Malenka, R., Knutson, B., & MacCoun, R. (2017). [https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.aan0655 Brains, environments and policy responses to addiction]. Science, 356, 1237–1238.
• Friedmann, P.D., Andrews, C.M., & Humphreys, K. (2017). [https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1700834 How repealing the Affordable Care Act would worsen the opioid epidemic]. New England Journal of Medicine, 376. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1700834

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