This article examines states’ pursuit of partnerships with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) as a strategy of governance in drug policy. State actors have used partnerships with religious NGOs to provide treatment services and disseminate messages about prevention. I investigate the emergence of such partnerships, drawing attention to neoconservatism as a political rationality associated with the rise of the New Right. I analyze officials’ justifications and strategies for including religious NGOs in such partnerships, using archival data on drug policies in Ohio and beginning with the formation of the statewide addiction services agency in 1989. The results demonstrate how officials have increasingly recognized the characteristics of the religious community by emphasizing their social service delivery and by framing religious leaders as health educators. Given the results, I consider the impacts of partnerships for the autonomy of organizations, the oversight of care, and the generation of images of an engaged community.

本文考察了国家寻求与非政府组织 (NGO) 的伙伴关系作为药物政策治理策略。国家行为者利用与宗教的伙伴关系非政府组织提供治疗服务并传播有关预防的信息。我调查了这种伙伴关系的出现，引起人们对新保守主义的关注，将其视为与新右翼兴起相关的政治理性。我分析了官员将宗教非政府组织纳入此类伙伴关系的理由和策略，使用俄亥俄州毒品政策的档案数据，并从 1989 年全州戒毒服务机构的成立开始。结果表明官员如何越来越认识到宗教的特征通过强调提供社会服务和将宗教领袖塑造为健康教育者来改善社区。鉴于结果，我考虑了伙伴关系对组织自治、护理监督和参与社区形象的产生的影响。