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.