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Is Drug Addiction a Brain Disease?
By Sally Satel, Frederick K. Goodwin
Posted: Thursday, October 1, 1998

Two psychiatrists oppose the current campaign to declare drug addiction a chronic, "no-fault" disease and argue that addiction is a modifiable behavioral phenomenon: between periods of heavy use, the drug or alcohol addict has a chance to change. They recommend the use of "enlightened coercion," such as compulsory residential treatment for criminal addicts and the use of public entitlements—e.g., welfare benefits—to modify behavior.

Source Notes:
Sally Satel is a former scholar of the Ethics & Public Policy Center
Is Drug Addiction a Brain Disease?
Ethics & Public Policy Center
Published: October 1998
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ISBN: 0-89633-189-X
Page Count: 30
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