Golub Andrew, Bennett Alex S, Elliott Luther
National Development and Research Institutes, 47 Prospect Parkway, Burlington, VT 05401, USA.
AIMS Public Health. 2015 Mar 30;2(1):142-160. doi: 10.3934/publichealth.2015.1.142.
This paper places America's "war on drugs" in perspective in order to develop a new metaphor for control of drug misuse. A brief and focused history of America's experience with substance use and substance use policy over the past several hundred years provides background and a framework to compare the current Pharmacological Revolution with America's Nineteenth Century Industrial Revolution. The paper concludes with cautions about growing challenges and provides suggestions for navigating this revolution and reducing its negative impact on individuals and society.
本文全面审视了美国的“毒品战争”,旨在为控制药物滥用构建一个新的隐喻。对美国过去几百年物质使用及物质使用政策经历的简要重点回顾,为将当前的药理学革命与美国19世纪的工业革命进行比较提供了背景和框架。本文最后对日益增长的挑战提出了警示,并就应对这场革命及减少其对个人和社会的负面影响给出了建议。