"There's really no comprehensive research on the necessity of these drugs, " says Leonore Tiefer, a clinical psychologist at New York University medical school.
In 1986, Leonore Annenberg, former chief of protocol for President Reagan and wife of former U.S. Ambassador to the U.K. Walter Annenberg, launched FAPE, along with other diplomats' wives.
Walter, together with the love of his life, Leonore, transformed their corner of the California desert by making decisions with an unswerving commitment to philanthropy and the eventual goal of transforming the estate into a retreat for world peace. (Leonore died in 2009.) Now that dream is about to take shape.