Effectiveness Bank Hot Topic: Does It Matter If Addiction Is a Brain Disease?
Submitted by Mike Ashton
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Seizing on the theory’s propaganda value, in 1997 the head of the US National Institute on Drug Abuse proclaimed, “Addiction Is a Brain Disease, and It Matters.” His contention has been hailed as a breakthrough or condemned as a counterproductive chimera, closing our eyes what is really important about addiction.