The Globalization of Addiction Free

Author: Bruce Alexander
Edition: 1
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0199588716
Category: Medical

The Globalization of Addiction: A Study in Poverty of the Spirit

'The Globalization of Addiction' presents a radical rethink about the nature of addiction. Download The Globalization of Addiction medical books for free.

Scientific medicine has failed when it comes to addiction. There are no reliable methods to cure it, prevent it, or take the pain out of it. There is no durable consensus on what addiction is, what causes it, or what should be done about it. Meanwhile, it continues to increase around the world. This book argues that the cause of this failure to control addiction is that the conventional wisdom of the 19th and 20th centuries focused too single-mindedly on the afflicted individual addict. Although addiction obviously manifests itself in individual cases, its prevalence differs dramatically between societies. For example, it can be quite rare in a society Get The Globalization of Addiction our bestseller medical books.

The Globalization of Addiction Free

Scientific medicine has failed when it comes to addiction. There are no reliable methods to cure it, prevent it, or take the pain out of it. There is no durable consensus on what addiction is, what causes it, or what should be done about it. Meanwhile, it continues to increase around the world For example, it can be quite rare in a society

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