The Heroin Problem: Learning From Past Experiments In Narcotic Maintenance

<p>The following paper examines the ongoing political, legal and cultural debate regarding heroin maintenance in the U.S. that emerged after the passage of the Harrison Act. Moreover, it focuses on the United States' very brief experimentation with narcotics maintenance clinics from 1914-1924 and why the clinic system was ultimately dismantled by the Treasury Department. This paper also highlights the U.S. public policy debate that emerged as early as the 1950s and continues today to develop heroin maintenance trials. </p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science (MS)

Level thesis:degree_level

Master's

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Justice Studies

Grantor dc:publisher

Eastern Kentucky University

Year

2014

Author dc:creator

• Phillips, Ashley Marie

• Drug Criminalization
• Harrison Act
• Heroin Maintenance
• U.S. Narcotics Clinics
• Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Public Policy

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 2014 Ashley Marie Phillips

Repository record dc:identifier

https://encompass.eku.edu/etd/223

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:encompass.eku.edu:etd-1221