Addiction And Rehabilitation
May, 1987
Addiction and RehabilitationWhat is Addiction?In the world of science and medicine, ideas about what addiction is and what should be done about it have changed dramatically in the past ten years. Researchers now agree that addiction--whether to cocaine, heroin, amphetamines or some other chemical substance--is a single disease. According to much of the latest evidence, addicts will switch drugs when their choice is not available and will even display addictive behavior with drugs thought to be n...