Evidence-Based Education
For Indiana Policy Makers
Alcoholism and Drug Dependence
- Most people, including policy makers, want to know "Why doesnŐt, or why canŐt, the drinker just stop? Stop destroying his marriage, his career, his childrenŐs respect, his life? IsnŐt it just a matter of will; canŐt he just stop drinking?"
- What is an addiction? How can I tell if someone is addicted? What differentiates drug use, drug abuse and drug dependence? Can people get hooked on a drug on the first use? Does use of certain drugs lead to more severe addictions than use of others?
- If alcoholism is a disease, what is it a disease of? What part does a person's character play in the development and recovery from alcoholism? What environmental conditions encourage addictions? How do the spouse, family, school, doctor, employer, police, lawyer, judge and the law affect drinking?
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