Abstract
A model of heroin addiction is developed that describes the significant relationships between the users and non-users of heroin based on current knowledge. Implications for the control of heroin addiction are investigated from a perspective of costs and benefits to society. It is found that intervention programs with high fixed costs, e. g. law enforcement and mass education, lead to an optimal policy in which the prevalence of users and addicts is always positive. Using an approximate model, a complete, but less general, optimal control policy is derived.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages | 21-27 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| State | Published - Jan 1 1974 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | Int Conf on Syst, Man and Cybern, Proc - Dallas, TX, USA Duration: Oct 2 1974 → Oct 4 1974 |
Other
| Other | Int Conf on Syst, Man and Cybern, Proc |
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| City | Dallas, TX, USA |
| Period | 10/2/74 → 10/4/74 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Engineering