He has published numerous research articles, many on consumer-run recovery homes (e.g. Olson et al., 2002), and has provided congressional testimony, once on the relationship between substance abuse and crime, and again on the feasibility of faith-based initiatives. He is chair of United States Congressman Danny K. Davis’ drugs and substance abuse advisory committee and chairperson of CATCH (Citizens Activated to Change Healthcare). CATCH, in conjunction with Congressman Davis’ office, those in recovery, treatment providers, and many others obtained roughly 118,000 signatures from registered voters to get a treatment-on-demand initiative on the Cook County ballot in Illinois. On November 2, 2004, 1.2 million people (76 percent) voted in support of the referendum.