What causes addiction? Easy, right? Drugs cause addiction. But maybe it is not that simple.
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This video is adapted from Johann Hari’s New York Times best-selling book ‘Chasing The Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs.’ For more information, and to take a quiz to see what you know about addiction, go to www.chasingthescream.com
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Thank you for sharing this critically important work. I’ve worked in the field of addictions for more than 40 years. This video gives an accurate, but obviously very brief, overview of what we need to do to change our perceptions as a society and create programs that work for people, not more cages to put them in. I know the author Johann Hari. His book, Chasing the Scream, offers the most up-to-date and accurate information available. It also reads like a detective story and you’ll enjoy the journey while your heart, mind, and soul will be engaged and likely transformed.… Read more »
I struggle with this on several levels but off the top it appears that the basis of the article is on a perceived flawed experiment with rodents.
In my 15+ years of working with addicts, “environment” has always been part of the treatment and recovery. Physical addition is easily addressed but it’s the mental part of the addiction which is most difficult to overcome.