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Are addictions diseases? Certainly they are included in recent and forthcoming versions of the DSM and other widely used diagnostic schemas. Still, the concept does not have universal support. Particularly widespread is the suspicion that drug use is a choice, even for individuals with long-time
Marco Leyton (2013) studied this question.
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