What is it about?
The word addiction has undergone change in its connotation. Addiction , is now considered a disease. Historically , that is until about the early 19th century the term connoted propensity or preference for certain substances or acts.
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Why is it important?
The United States is now dealing with a major opioid crisis. It is time now to take a look at what it means to be addicted from a historical perspective.
Perspectives
I have been troubled by how frequently terms such as disease ,addict and sick are used pejoratively in political discourse ,especially in the United States under the current leadership.
C.V. Haldipur
Community General Hospital
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This page is a summary of: Addiction: a brief history of an idea, Psychological Medicine, February 2018, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/s0033291718000314.
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