title: To build a bridge: the use of foreign models by domestic critics of U.S. drug policy.
abstract: Domestic critics of American policy concerning illicit drugs have frequently looked abroad for evidence to bolster their agenda. Policies developed elsewhere, specifically heroin maintenance in Britain and harm reduction in Holland, have profoundly affected debate over the American approach to addiction. In each instance, the interest in foreign models was whetted by a perceived social emergency: the heroin epidemic following World War II and the HIV epidemic of the last decade.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences, Brooklyn College, City University of New York 11210.
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Oppenheimer
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D004335:Drug and Narcotic Control / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009426:Netherlands; D009293:Opioid-Related Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation; D011640:Public Policy; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology