Why Addiction Theories May Be Wrong | News on Drugs

Everything we think we know about addiction is wrong.

Why do some people get addicted and others not? How do we learn to be addicted? How can we unlearn it?

With an overdose crisis raging across the US, and global drug supplies getting more and more dangerous, it is more essential than ever that we radically rethink our approach to understanding and treating addictions.

In News on Drugs, writer JS Rafaeli chats to fellow drug nerds about their studies to tackle some of the biggest questions in the crazy world of mind-altering substances.

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