Is drug addiction simply a brain disease?

Abstract

This article suggests that addiction should not be looked at only through the prism of the brain-disease model as other important factors play crucial roles in understanding and ultimately treating addiction. The brain-disease model limits research and scientific inquiries into the roles which personality of the addict and the environment play in the addiction conundrum. The addict and the environment are vital players in addiction and the need for further inquiries into their roles cannot be overemphasised. Only when this has been achieved, can we be finally sure of dampening the pains and struggles of the addict and their carers.