The view of drug use and drug addiction as a brain disease serves to perpetuate unrealistic, costly, and discriminatory drug policies, argues Carl L. Hart.
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Hart, C. Viewing addiction as a brain disease promotes social injustice. Nat Hum Behav 1, 0055 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-017-0055
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