Is addiction a disease? Do the kids I work with at CASTLE have a pathological response to drugs and alcohol? The disease model of addiction is compelling, and has served its purpose in bringing needed ...

Section 1. Purpose and Policy. The disease of addiction, also known as substance use disorder, is a crisis that touches families in every community and neighborhood in our Nation. 48.4 million ...

A growing movement claims social media is “addictive,” and lawmakers are treating it as settled science. But the evidence is ...

Most medical experts say that addiction is a disease—whether that addiction is to drugs, alcohol, or cigarettes. That ever-expanding list is one reason why neuroscientist Marc Lewis takes issue with ...

I would like to address something that has been churning in my gut. For the last six years, I have watched the disease of addiction and its far reaching consequences become a politicized and ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Over the past year and a half, Scientific ...