Police officers have frequent encounters with people who use drugs, either by making an arrest for a drug-related offense or responding to a drug overdose call. Yet, little is known about how police officers view drug addiction – as a disease, a moral failure, or something else – and how their frameworks for conceptualizing addiction impact their attitudes toward drug policies, including the use of naloxone. This research examined police officers’ adherence to a moralistic addiction framework in relation to their support for treatment-oriented drug policies. Officers (N = 618) were surveyed about their beliefs on drug policy and the extent to which drug addiction was a product of one’s morals or related to social or biological reasons. Results found that approximately 22% of the variance in drug policy attitudes could be explained by addiction frameworks and control variables. Officers who embraced a biological perspective of addiction were more supportive of policies that expanded treatment, including access to naloxone, and less punitive sanctions. Those with stronger moralistic views were less supportive of expanding treatment initiatives and endorsed expanding punitive sanctions. Officer age and education was positively related with expanding treatment and naloxone use while exposure to overdoses was negatively related to policy support. These results demonstrate that officers’ frameworks about drug addiction play an important role in drug policy attitudes and, by extension, how they might interact with people who use drugs.

警察经常与吸毒者接触，要么因涉毒犯罪而被捕，要么回应吸毒过量电话。然而，对于警察如何看待吸毒成瘾——作为一种疾病、道德失败或其他东西——以及他们将成瘾概念化的框架如何影响他们对毒品政策的态度，包括纳洛酮的使用，知之甚少。这项研究调查了警察在支持以治疗为导向的毒品政策方面对道德成瘾框架的遵守情况。官员（N = 618）接受了关于他们对毒品政策的看法以及吸毒成瘾是一个人的道德产物或与社会或生物学原因相关的程度的调查。结果发现，药物政策态度的大约 22% 的差异可以通过成瘾框架和控制变量来解释。接受成瘾生物学观点的官员更支持扩大治疗范围的政策，包括获得纳洛酮和减少惩罚性制裁。那些有强烈道德观的人不太支持扩大治疗计划，并支持扩大惩罚性制裁。军官年龄和教育与扩大治疗和纳洛酮使用呈正相关，而接触过量与政策支持呈负相关。这些结果表明，官员关于毒瘾的框架在毒品政策态度以及他们如何与吸毒者互动方面发挥着重要作用。接受成瘾生物学观点的官员更支持扩大治疗范围的政策，包括获得纳洛酮和减少惩罚性制裁。那些有强烈道德观的人不太支持扩大治疗计划，并支持扩大惩罚性制裁。军官年龄和教育与扩大治疗和纳洛酮使用呈正相关，而接触过量与政策支持呈负相关。这些结果表明，官员关于毒瘾的框架在毒品政策态度以及他们如何与吸毒者互动方面发挥着重要作用。接受成瘾生物学观点的官员更支持扩大治疗范围的政策，包括获得纳洛酮和减少惩罚性制裁。那些有强烈道德观的人不太支持扩大治疗计划，并支持扩大惩罚性制裁。军官年龄和教育与扩大治疗和纳洛酮使用呈正相关，而接触过量与政策支持呈负相关。这些结果表明，官员关于毒瘾的框架在毒品政策态度以及他们如何与吸毒者互动方面发挥着重要作用。那些有强烈道德观的人不太支持扩大治疗举措，并支持扩大惩罚性制裁。军官年龄和教育与扩大治疗和纳洛酮使用呈正相关，而接触过量与政策支持呈负相关。这些结果表明，官员关于毒瘾的框架在毒品政策态度以及他们如何与吸毒者互动方面发挥着重要作用。那些有强烈道德观的人不太支持扩大治疗计划，并支持扩大惩罚性制裁。军官年龄和教育与扩大治疗和纳洛酮使用呈正相关，而接触过量与政策支持呈负相关。这些结果表明，官员关于吸毒成瘾的框架在毒品政策态度以及他们如何与吸毒者互动方面发挥着重要作用。