Bold Claims ADDICTION IS A MYTH: Most people stop doing drugs simply when they choose to, says the author, and the root causes have little to do with genetics or disease.

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: January 22, 2006| Author: Morris E. Chafetz | Copyright information

Present theories about addiction assume some pharmacologic property of a substance, or else some inbred genetic programming, turns a person into an addict, that addiction is irreversible and follows the same inevitable course for everyone. Yet it is well- established that many people with a family history of addiction, and early environment shaped by it, do not become addicts, while many others without any of these factors do become addicts.

Moreover, many addicts quit, and most do s...

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