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America Exported Prohibition Globally
- U.S. prohibition shaped global treaties and exported punitive drug laws worldwide.
- Rufus King found many European countries had no major drug problem until the U.S. pushed its model abroad.
Britain’s Early Medical Model
- The 1924 Rolleston Committee recommended maintenance prescriptions and treating addiction as medical, not criminal.
- Britain once allowed doctors to prescribe heroin to stable users who functioned better on a steady dose.
How One Doctor Shifted British Policy
- Lady Runciman (Franco) broadly prescribed heroin in 1960s Britain and triggered backlash that helped end the maintenance model.
- Tabloid panics and political pressure prompted tougher control and ended much pragmatic prescribing.