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Presidential Rhetoric and Policy Outcomes: The President and the American Struggle with Heroin Abuse
Author(s) -
Denis Philip,
Whitford Andrew B
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
world medical and health policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.326
H-Index - 11
ISSN - 1948-4682
DOI - 10.2202/1948-4682.1048
Subject(s) - rhetoric , presidential system , heroin , substance abuse , criminology , political science , public administration , psychology , sociology , psychiatry , law , drug , politics , philosophy , linguistics
Abstract Using data from public statements of American presidents, we describe how much attention presidents have given to treatment as a solution to the perceived problem of increasing use of narcotics in society. The data show that treatment got the most attention during the late 1960s and early 1970s. More generally, as a solution to the problem, emphasis on treatment appears to rise during periods of high drug use and fall during years of declining use.