Thursday, April 17, 2014

Addiction Is NOT a Disease

[N]o studies -- including those searching for an "addiction gene" -- have proved that a factor other than the self is responsible for the individual's choice to abuse drugs or alcohol.  Despite the consistency of this data, however, there is a constant demand for more addiction treatment.  The public is rarely told just how utterly ineffective most of these treatment programs really are -- especially those that stress the model of addiction-as-disease instead of personal responsibility.


Anne Hendershott, "The Politics of Deviance," p.27

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