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Current attitudes toward drug misuse in the media, government and even treatment centres, often exaggerate the pharmacological power of drugs. Their coercive influence is widely believed to be so great that to experiment with a drug is tantamount to addiction. Davies argues that such beliefs are largely inaccurate and harmful. Research shows that explanations for drug use vary according to circumstances. Drug users may explain that they have lost their willpower and capacity for personal decision-making, because this is the explanation expected of them, but most actually use drugs because they want to and because they see no good reason for giving them up. Addicted behaviour is therefore a form of learned helplessness, not an effect caused by narcotic intake.Product Identifiers
PublisherTaylor & Francis LTD
ISBN-139789057022371
eBay Product ID (ePID)86564115
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Number of Pages196 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameMyth of Addiction: Second Edition
Publication Year1998
SubjectHealthcare System
TypeTextbook
AuthorJohn Booth Davies
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height234 mm
Item Weight408 g
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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorJohn Booth Davies