Ontario is copying the U.S. with a new law that would punish landlords for drug use in their venues. But in America, the war on drugs made concerts and raves riskier.
You subscribe to the disease model of addiction. That addictions are acquired from incidental exposure to drugs; that once you are addicted, the addiction is self-sustaining and will cause you to seek more drugs all on its own.
This model was considered progressive 50 years ago, but it is widely disavowed today. It’s easy to get there by extrapolating with people’s common experience with nicotine, but when we look at addiction in general, we find most addictions just do not work that way. An addiction does not even require a substance to abuse.
If you want to get into our modern understanding of the hows and whys, and what can be done to help people suffering addiction, I recommend reading the article “Drugs, addiction, deviance and disease as social constructs” linked in a previous comment on this subject. I would be very happy to discuss it with you once you have some background on the subject.
Thank you for the response. Also thank you for providing a trusted source, the source being the UN. There are references in the reference section of the article. I will read it later this week. Will get back to you when I do.
For now:
In short, what does cause addiction?
What is substance abuse addiction? How is nicotine different? If nicotine does at surface level follow the disease model of addiction but really does follow the same pattern as others, how does it work?
You subscribe to the disease model of addiction. That addictions are acquired from incidental exposure to drugs; that once you are addicted, the addiction is self-sustaining and will cause you to seek more drugs all on its own.
This model was considered progressive 50 years ago, but it is widely disavowed today. It’s easy to get there by extrapolating with people’s common experience with nicotine, but when we look at addiction in general, we find most addictions just do not work that way. An addiction does not even require a substance to abuse.
If you want to get into our modern understanding of the hows and whys, and what can be done to help people suffering addiction, I recommend reading the article “Drugs, addiction, deviance and disease as social constructs” linked in a previous comment on this subject. I would be very happy to discuss it with you once you have some background on the subject.
Thank you for the response. Also thank you for providing a trusted source, the source being the UN. There are references in the reference section of the article. I will read it later this week. Will get back to you when I do.
For now:
In short, what does cause addiction?
What is substance abuse addiction? How is nicotine different? If nicotine does at surface level follow the disease model of addiction but really does follow the same pattern as others, how does it work?