Addiction: Not just brain malfunction

Derek Heim, Ravindra Agrawal, Allaman Allaman, Franca Beccaria, Virginia Berridge, Jan Blomqvist, Sadie Boniface, Raimondo Bruno, Julian Buchanan, Gerhard Bühringer, Doug Cameron, Tanya Chikritzhs, Ross Coomber, Stephanie Covington, Phil Dalgarno, John B. Davies, Tom Decorte, Vagner Dos Santos, Cameron Duff, Johan EdmanFrancisco Eiroa Orosa, Niamh Fitzgerald, Alasdair Forsyth, Vibeke Asmussen Frank, Suzanne Fraser, Lars Fynbo, Wayne Hall, Jan Halldin, Richard Hammersley, Lana Harrison, Carl Hart, Nick Heather, Matilda Hellman, Ray Hodgson, John Holmes, Geoffrey Hunt, Jerome H. Jaffe, Margaretha Järvinen, Chris-Ellyn Johanson, Harold Kalant, Katherine J. Karriker-Jaffe, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi , Florence Kellner, Axel Klein, Dirk J. Korf, Anja Koski-Jännes, Kypros Kypri, Paul Lemmens, Neil Levy, Scott O. Lilienfeld, Anne Lingford-Hughes , Susanne MacGregor, Claire Mawditt, Jim McCambridge, Neil McKeganey, Petra S. Meier, Rebecca Monk, David Moore, Philip Murphy, Ethan Nadelmann, Abhijit Nadkarni , James Nicholls, Kerry O’Brien , Pat O’Hare, Stephen Parkin, Andy Parrott, Stanton Peele, Andrew Percy, Hanna Pickard, Amanda Reiman, Melissa Raven, Philippe Arvers, Craig Reinarman, Tim Rhodes, Ron Rojzen, Stephen Rollnick, Anders Romelsjö, Robin Room, Fred Rotgers, Alastair Roy, Sally Satel, Toby Seddon, Gillian W. Shorter, Roland Simon, Martine Stead, Gerry Stimson, Tim Stockwell, Jessica Storbjörk, Stuart Taylor, Andy Towers, Richard Velleman, Darin Weinberg, Reinout W. Wiers, Sharon C. Wilsnack

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Abstract

Irrespective of the animal-rights issues you discuss, we disagree with your one-dimensional view that addiction is a disease, and with your claim that this view is not particularly controversial among scientists (Nature 506,5; 2014). Neuroscience has been widely documented as just one of many important influences in drug addiction.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)40
Number of pages1
JournalNature
Volume507
Issue number7490
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2014

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