The authors compared a groups of heroin-dependent American servicemen
stationed in Thailand with a matched control groups of men not dependent on
heroin. The data gathered regarding social history, attitudes, work record,
previous drug use, personality, and intelligence show significant
differences between the heroin-dependent men and the control group in four
areas: intelligence, work record, number of years of schooling and number
of drug used before using heroin. The data suggest that many of the
heroin-dependent men had difficulties related to a distant or negative
relationship to their fathers; however, in contrast to previous studies of
heroin addicts, they do not confirm a relationship between heroin
dependence and any particular personality pattern.Abstract Teaser