Mold Alex
Nordisk Alkohol Nark. 2018 Apr;35(2):93-99. doi: 10.1177/1455072518765836.
Recent attempts to approach drug and alcohol problems as a public health issue in the UK and globally have begun to achieve some success. Yet, in historical terms, the idea that the use of psychoactive substances should be regarded as a public health problem is a relatively new one. In the UK, it was only in the latter half of the 20th century that what were termed “public health” approaches to alcohol and drugs began to gain purchase. Moreover, what was meant by a “public health” framing of psychoactive substance use changed over time and between substances. This article examines the development of public health approaches to drugs and alcohol in Britain since the 19th century. It suggests that a public health view of substance use existed alongside, and interacted with, other approaches to drug and alcohol use. To understand the meaning of a “public health” framing of drugs and alcohol we need to locate this in historical and geographical context.
近期，英国乃至全球将毒品和酒精问题作为公共卫生问题来处理的尝试已开始取得一些成效。然而，从历史角度来看，将使用精神活性物质视为公共卫生问题这一观念相对较新。在英国，直到20世纪后半叶，所谓针对酒精和毒品的“公共卫生”方法才开始得到认可。此外，精神活性物质使用的“公共卫生”框架的含义随时间推移以及不同物质而有所变化。本文考察了自19世纪以来英国针对毒品和酒精的公共卫生方法的发展。研究表明，对物质使用的公共卫生观点与其他处理毒品和酒精使用的方法并存且相互作用。为理解毒品和酒精“公共卫生”框架的含义，我们需要将其置于历史和地理背景之中。
