ADDICTION: Disease or Deadly (but curable) Habit?

In this article from Salon.com, Laura Miller discusses the evolving view of addiction.  She quotes psychologist Marc Lewis, from his book “The Biology of Desire”: “Addicts aren’t diseased,” Lewis writes, “and they don’t need medical intervention in order to change their lives. What they need is sensitive, intelligent social scaffolding to hold the pieces of their imagined future in place — while [...]

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