Great Throughts Treasury

This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.

Joseph Anthony Califano, Jr.

American Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, Founder and Chairman of The National Center on Addition and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University

"Mistakes, even occasional incompetence, could be understood and forgiven, but not disloyalty."

"Make sure you are aware of the dating practices of your child and get to know your child's friends."

"Years of surveying teens have consistently shown that the more often they have dinner with their parents, the less likely they are to smoke, drink and use drugs."