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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 15 Dec 2015

    Is addiction really a "brain disease," as our drug czar (& other enlightened people) insist? @slsatel says no.http://onforb.es/1QHDYga 

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      1. AbnormalWrench‏ @AbnormalWrench 15 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker @slsatel I recommend reading @johannhari101 book "Chasing the Scream". Drug addiction is basically a side effect of depression.

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      1. Logic Frenzy‏ @logicfrenzy 15 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker @slsatel Addiction is more often than not, a symptom, not a disease. Why does this need to be spelled out so often?

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      1. Ben Locwin‏ @BenLocwin 15 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker @slsatel indeed #genetic and heritable. Perhaps we should simply say it's 'expected' versus a 'disease'https://www.geneticliteracyproject.org/2014/09/11/addiction-how-our-genes-program-our-preferences-and-habits/ …

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      1. Elwood S‏ @wooden_files 15 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker @slsatel i suppose it depends on what we term "dis-ease"

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      1. Michael Mulligan‏ @MichaelEdmonton 11 Jul 2016
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        Read Chasing the Scream by @johannhari101 brilliant devastating expose of failed war on drugs. Psych' problem. Not neuro.

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      1. Maia Szalavitz‏Verified account @maiasz 16 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker it's a learning disorder. love misdirected toward drug. not brain damage or total loss of will, just impaired choice.

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      1. charlied‏ @charlied_don 16 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker @slsatel If addiction is a disease, then why does willpower overcome it.

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      1. Shea Bigsby‏ @SheaBigs84 16 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker @slsatel for a more insightful take on addiction, see this article by Steven Kotler:http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenkotler/2015/01/23/the-truth-about-addiction-were-all-junkies-now/ …

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      1. Shea Bigsby‏ @SheaBigs84 16 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker @slsatel disappointing article. Author seems to lack understanding of how behavioral patterns actually work.

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      1. William Low‏ @williamlow 15 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker @slsatel Brains grows more acetylcholine uptake receptors to balance the intake of its mimic nicotine. Addict brains are different

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      1. See a Billion lives‏ @dutch_vaper 15 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker @whycherrywhy @slsatel if it were medication, psychology or psychiatry would help (not only smokers btw) so I call #BS #vapelife

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      1. Austin Institute‏ @AtxInstitute 15 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker @slsatel Kent Dunnington's Addiction & Virtue has thoughtful critique of medical & moral models. He lands on habit in phil. sense.

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      1. Seneca Widvey‏ @SenecaWidvey 15 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker @slsatel The disease model for addiction is ridiculous. It only works if we weaken the definition of disease.

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      1. JSegal 2020‏ @jsegal44236 15 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker @slsatel the current "disease" model was invented by a traveling salesman in the 1930s named Bill Wilson. It's all fraud.

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      1. Stan Patton‏ @StanRockPatton 15 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker @slsatel The idea that latter category makes them "not brain disease" is using taxonomy toxified by metaphysical libertarianism.

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      1. Stan Patton‏ @StanRockPatton 15 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker @slsatel You can treat some diseases through medicine/surgery and can treat some brain diseases through incremental steps of will.

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      1. Michael Cuddihy‏ @Wbaz54 15 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker @slsatel I think I saw elements of this in an Atlantic piece on addiction?

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