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By analyzing the career of a scholar reference in political and administrative fields, this paper aims at explaining the processes that enable the use of an 'idea' for political purpose. It thus appears necessary to study the circulation and appropriation dynamics that make a scientific concept available to political and/or administrative actors, and to understand how it can be referenced to a political issue, an advocacy or a public policy. This case-study shows how dopamine (conceived as the neurotransmitter of addictions) contributed to an important shift in French drug policies at the end of the last century. Adapted from the source document.