[' ', 'STATEMENT', 'OF', 'DR.', 'THEODORE', 'H.', 'BLAU', 'to', 'the', 'Subcommittee', 'on', 'Health', 'and', 'the', 'Environment', 'Committee', 'on', 'Energy', 'and', 'Commerce', 'United', 'States', 'House', 'of', 'Representatives', 'July', '29,', '1988', 'Thank', 'you,', 'Mr.', 'Chairman.', 'I', 'appreciate', 'the', 'opportunity', 'to', 'appear', 'today', 'before', 'this', 'distinguished', 'Committee.', 'I', 'am', 'a', 'practicing', 'Clinical', 'Psychologist', 'from', 'Tampa,', 'Florida.', 'During', 'the', 'past', '37', 'years', 'I', 'have', 'seen', 'over', '4,000', 'patients', 'of', 'all', 'ages.', 'Among', 'the', 'many', 'kinds', 'of', 'disorders', 'I', 'have', 'treated', 'are', 'addictions', 'to', 'a', 'variety', 'of', 'drugs.', 'These', 'addicted', 'patients', 'have', 'included', 'children,', 'teenagers,', 'and', 'adults.', 'In', 'addition', 'to', 'my', 'clinical', 'practice,', 'I', 'have', 'been', 'retained', 'by', 'various', 'organizations', 'to', 'assess', 'the', 'merit', 'of', 'scientific', 'research.', 'These', 'organizations', 'include', 'the', 'United', 'States', 'Army,', 'the', 'Department', 'of', 'State,', 'the', 'National', 'Institutes', 'of', 'Education,', 'and', 'various', 'universities,', 'law', 'firms', 'and', 'state', 'agencies.', 'I', 'received', 'the', 'Bachelor', 'of', 'Science,', 'the', 'Master', 'of', 'Science,', 'and', 'the', 'Doctor', 'of', 'Philosophy', 'in', 'Clinical', 'Psychology', 'degrees', 'from', 'Pennsylvania', 'State', 'University.', 'I', 'am', 'a', 'Diplomate', 'of', 'the', 'American', 'ecSb', '22Sts', 'Board', 'of', 'Professional', 'Psychology.', 'I', 'am', 'Board', 'Certified', 'in', 'Clinical', 'Psychology,', 'Forensic', 'Psychology,', 'and', 'Neuropsychology.', 'In', '1976', 'I', ' ']