Addiction | For Further Discussion
CHAPTER 1
1. Eric Niiler contends that addiction is a brain disease over which addicts have little control. Sally L. Satel, on the other hand, objects to the notion that addicts are not responsible for their own behavior. Based on these authors’ arguments, do you think that addiction is a disease, as Niiler states, or a behavioral condition, as Satel maintains? Explain your answer.
2. Kevin J. Volpe argues that marijuana use leads to the use of highly addictive drugs such as cocaine. John Morgan and Lynn Zimmer disagree. How do the authors differ in their views on whether...
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