Frenkel S I, Morgan D W, Greden J F
Int J Addict. 1977 Dec;12(8):1143-54. doi: 10.3109/10826087709027274.
A "unique" heroin epidemic was claimed to exist among American soldiers in Vietnam in the early 1970s. To assess this claim, in 1972 we simultaneously evaluated heroin use in two similar military populations in the United States and Vietnam and compared findings with previous Vietnam studies. The total percentage ever reporting use of heroin was comparable in both locations. Recent use, however, was significantly higher in Vietnam. Heroin users, regardless of location, were demographically and psychosocially more similar than different. Any conclusion that the heroin epidemic in Vietnam was grossly "unique" seems unwarranted.
20世纪70年代初，有人声称美国驻越南士兵中存在一场“独特的”海洛因泛滥问题。为了评估这一说法，1972年我们同时对美国和越南两个类似军事群体中的海洛因使用情况进行了评估，并将结果与之前对越南的研究进行了比较。两个地区报告曾使用过海洛因的总百分比相当。然而，越南近期的使用率明显更高。无论在哪个地区，海洛因使用者在人口统计学和心理社会学方面的相似之处多于差异。任何关于越南海洛因泛滥问题极其“独特”的结论似乎都没有依据。
