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2 Issues Criminology 223 (1966)
The Nalline Clinic: Game or Chemical Superego

handle is hein.journals/iscrim2 and id is 243 raw text is: The Nalline Clinic: Game or Chemical Superego? By James T. Carey* and Anthony Platt** ABSTRACT: The nalline program, developed recently in the United States to detect the use of opiates in the body, has been hailed by its proponents as a critical tool in the community's assault on the drug problem. The unusual fusion of law enforce- ment and medical interests in a clinical setting is explored, as well as the kinds of interaction that take place between those who are tested and the official authorities. The data were gath- ered over the past year through interviews with testees, doctors, policemen and parole agents who had experience in the nalline program. This was combined with extensive observations of the process itself in three San Francisco area clinics. The sequence of events eventuating in a decision to arrest the testee is explored through several hypothetical encounters within the nalline cen- ter. Finally, the criminogenic character of the clinic is addressed in a discussion of the functions it performs for the community at large. Introduction Nalline, or N-allylnormorphine, is a narcotic which it antagonistic to opium and most opium derivatives. The use of nalline in connection with the control of drug users was first explored during the early 1950's by Dr. Harris Isbell and his associates at the United States Public Health Service Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky.' In 1955, further experiments were carried out at the Santa Rita Rehabilitation Center in California by Dr. James Terry, a medical officer associated with the sheriff's department in Alameda County.2 Terry reported that a three milligram dose of nal- *Mr. Carey received his B.A. and M.A. from the University of Illinois in 1955 in sociology. He received his PhD. in Sociology at the University of Chicago in 1958. He currently is an Assistant Professor, School of Criminology, University of California, Berkeley. **Mr. Platt received his B.A. from Oxford University in 1963. He will re- ceive his Doctorate in Criminology from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1966. Mr. Platt currently is a Research Fellow in the Center for Studies in Criminal Justice, University of Chicago. I1sabell, H. & Fraser, H. F., Addiction to Analgesics and Barbiturates, Pharmaco- logical Review, 2:355-97, 1950. Journal of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapy, 99, Aug. (part 2) 1950. See also: H. F. Fraser, H. Isbell and A. Wikler, N-allyhormorphine: Effects of Single Doses and Precipitation of Acute Abstinence Syndromes during Addiction to Morphine, Methadone, or Heroin in Man, Journal of Pharmacological & Experimental Therapy, 109:8-20, Sept. 1953. 2Terry, J. G., Nalline: An Aid in Detecting Narcotics Users, California Medicine, 85:229-301, Nov. 1956. 223

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