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The debate between addiction being classified as a disease is far from over. The "addiction is a brain disease" argrument is not an old one, but is now recieving more attention and support because of our ability to condut brain scans of addicts and nonaddicts. Their argrument says that because of the neural pathways created by drug usage, after a certain period of voluntary intake, it becomes an uncontrollable disease and these individuals shouldnt be held accountable for their behavior. Their free will is absent(if you are a believer in free will to begin with).
Many people claim that addiction can lead to many things whilst many people say that there is no such thing as addiction since everybody uses according to what they feel is right and to make them comfortable. Guys post your thoughts on this topic.
Drug addiction has long been thought of as a choice one makes freely. However, recent neuroscience has shown the relationship been addiction and physiology. The dominant trend in neuroscience is now to say that addiction is a "brain disease."It may be interesting for you to read this article before posting: http://www.issues.org/17.3/leshner.htm
Do you think that addiction is a brain disease? if so, do you think there is free will involved, or is it merely a deterministic process, which does not admit free choice?
So I have a college writing final tomorrow morning. The topic? "Argue for or against the existence of internet addiction or take any position in between."
They gave us a bunch of articles to look over and we have to use 3 in-text quotes from these articles. But enough about me! I already know what I'm writing on.... What about you guys?
Is internet addiction a legitimate psychological disorder? Or is it just an overdependence on technology?
Keeping Up With the Joneses is the hobby of most people in our brave new world. It is a destructive hobby on our planet, their purses, and their well-being. Drug users often are more content simply by having drugs; they can get by without materialism for they are not looking for meaning in the latest car, TV, or iPhone, but in their drug. Despite the globally waged war on drugs with its trillion-dollar price tag, drugs are not the problem: society is the problem, and our society keeps fragmenting into a greater lust for needless things and self-destruction.
My friend wants to stop smoking but he cant go a day without one. We gave him gum that is supposed to help with this but it doesnt seem to do much. Any suggestions?