Unintended Consequences

Review the excerpt in the textbook called Unintended Consequences: Viewing Addiction as a Brain Disease Facilitates Social Injustice. Answer the following questions:

What does ‘drug addiction is a brain disease’ mean?
What is the evidence for and against the idea that addiction is a disease?
How has diseased brain theory influenced social injustice?
Then, given your life experiences and what you have learned so far in this course, provide your opinion about the factors that most influence drug addiction/substance use disorder.

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