THE WAY OF THE ADDICT
ACCORDING TO Gene M. Heyman ( Ideas, Aug. 9 ), addiction is a choice, and all that is needed to stop a drug addiction is an “incentive’’ greater than that of the desire for the drug. He comes up with this theory due in part to surveys that conclude that 75 percent of addicts are ex-addicts, who stopped without clinical ... (Full article: 194 words)
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