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The Drug Abuse Office and Treatment Act of 1972 gave legislative authority to the Special Action Office for Drug Abuse Prevention (SAODAP). The pioneering group that worked at SAODAP during the Nixon and Ford Administrations, initiating the modern era of balanced approach to drug abuse prevention, treatment, and research, marked the occasion with reunion symposium.