![]() And he remembered that the President started talking. JEROME JAFFE: And I was sitting there– I had no idea why I was sitting there, but they had - did invite me in and I thought, well, maybe that's a courtesy, because I gave them advice.ĬAROL SUTTON LEWIS: We called up Jerome Jaffe at home a few months ago. ![]() So, when Jerome Jaffe arrived, he was ushered into the cabinet room with the President, along with members of his cabinet, leaders of congress, and the head of the Bureau of Narcotics. But what this particular meeting was about-that was a total mystery to him. And the White House had actually tapped him in the past to do some consulting on addiction. He was a doctor, running Illinois’s drug abuse program. At the time, he was 37 years old and doing well professionally. KATIE HAFNER: In June of 1971, Jerome Jaffe was invited to the White House, but he wasn’t sure why. And again, this season is full of adult content. In addition, important aspects of speech, like tone and emphasis, may not be fully captured, so we recommend listening to episodes, rather than reading transcripts, when possible.ĬAROL SUTTON LEWIS: Hello, this is the fourth episode of our series about Marie Nyswander. We aim to make our transcripts as accurate as possible, but some errors may have occurred nonetheless. The Lost Women of Science podcast is made for the ear. One of the team’s very first patients went on to college and graduated with a degree in aeronautical engineering, all while taking methadone.īut soon Nyswander’s treatment started getting resistance from fellow doctors, as well as patients, who thought what she was doing was immoral. In 1965 Marie Nyswander and her team at the Rockefeller University unveiled their findings at last: Methadone had utterly transformed their patients. By the early 1970s, these individuals were going back to school, getting jobs, and reconnecting with family and friends.
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