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Question https://www.americanscientist.org/article/is-drug-addiction-a-brain… https://www.americanscientist.org/article/is-drug-addiction-a-brain-disease#:~:text=Although%20there%20are%20brain%20differences,a%20loss%20of%20brain%20function. Image transcription textUnintended Consequences Viewing Addiction as a Brain Disease Facilitates Social Injustice Manyneuroscientists view drug addiction (or substance use disorder) as a brain disease, and this idea is rarelyquestioned. On the surface, this perspective is appealing, in part because it appears to remove bl… Show more… Show moreBased on what you know about the general way the brain works and how substances impact normal nervous system activity, think about the controversy surrounding substance use as a brain disease. Do you think that substance use is a brain disease? Why or why not? Irrespective of your view, what may be some of the potential issues when it comes to drug policy creation and enforcement if we approach substance use strictly using a biomedical model (i.e. based in physiology, anatomy, and internal biological processes).   Science Health Science SCH 150 Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)