Abstract
In 1987, Secretary of Health and Human Services Otis Bowen proclaimed “alcohol is a drug” and ordered his department to refer to “alcohol and other drug abuse” in place of “substance abuse.” These actions were hailed by many preventionists as a victory in treating alcohol as part of the national drug problem. Others argued that describing alcohol as a “drug” ignores important differences between alcohol and other abused substances.
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Stoil, M.J., Hill, G. (1996). Problem: Reducing the Costs of Alcohol Use. In: Preventing Substance Abuse. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0417-3_9
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