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S I Frenkel

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PubMed1977

Heroin use among soldiers in the United States and Vietnam: a comparison in retrospect.

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.

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PubMed1975

Alcohol use in the Army: patterns and associated behaviors.

The authors assessed by questionnaire the alcohol use of 1,873 U.S. soldiers in the United States and Viet Nam. According to operational definitions based on total ethyl alcohol consumption and several behaviors associated with drinking, 7 percent were classed as alcoholics, 5 percent as borderline alcoholics, and 24 percent as potential alcoholics. Contrary to popular stereotypes, there was a disproportionate number of younger and lower ranking soldiers in these three groups; there was also a positive relationship between drinking and use of illicit drugs across groups. The authors state that future studies of alcohol use should include determinations of total ethyl alcohol intake to permit generalizability of their results.

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