Open AccessNARCOTIC DRUG ADDICTION: A PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM
Author(s) -
Ernest S. Bishop
Publication year - 1919
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2330-9687
pISSN - 0271-4353
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.9.7.481-a
Subject(s) - addiction , legislature , public health , drug addict , narcotic , psychiatry , drug , criminology , medicine , family medicine , psychology , political science , law , nursing
Dr. Bishop tells us that drug addicts are sick men and not criminals. They ought to receive treatment instead of being sent to jail. Medical, legislative and popular ideas are all in error. He calls for a revolution to wake up the doctors and educate the people.