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It is the thesis of this paper that there is a palpable, perhaps even useful, social psychological theory of addiction now emerging. The basic themes of the evolving theory are reviewed and contrasted with the current “disease” model. However, there are difficulties to be encountered with such a social psychological perspective and some of these are discussed as well.
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