Science Times
October 7, 2003
Letters
To the Editor:
There is a big difference between judging a person's behavior (moralizing) and saying a person's behavior is the expression of personal values ("Addiction").
Addiction is a choice, a behavior, not a brain "disease." There is no such thing as an involuntary behavior.
People always quit using "addictive" drugs the same way: they choose to.
DR. JEFFREY A. SCHALER
[cf. Addiction: A Brain Ailment, Not a Moral Lapse by Jane E. Brody, September 30, 2003
Silver Spring, Md.
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