Table of Contents
Foreword 5
Introduction 7
Chapter 1 How Should Addiction Be Defined and Treated?
1 Addiction Is a Medical Phenomenon Jennifer Matesa Jed Bickman 11
2 The Surprising Truth About Addiction Stanton Peele 20
3 Quest for Vaccines to Treat Addiction Mark Long 27
4 Vaccines Would Not Be an Effective Treatment for Drug Addiction Angela Garcia 34
Chapter 2 What Types of Addiction Exist?
1 Teens Can Become Addicted to Nicotine More Quickly than Adults: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 40
2 Nicotine Is Not Instantly Addictive Jacob Sullum 47
3 Food Addiction Is a Real Addiction Michael Prager 52
4 Food Addiction Is Not a Real Addiction Richard Berman 57
5 Cell Phone Addiction Threatens People's Work and Personal Lives: The Economist 62
6 The Myth of Cell-Phone Addiction Jeffrey A. Tucker 68
Chapter 3 What Policies Can Reduce Addiction?
1 Legalization of Drugs Would Reduce Addiction Norm Stamper 77
2 Legalization of Drugs Would Increase Addiction George F. Will 84
3 Legalized Internet Gambling Would Lead to Increases in Pathological Gambling Spencer Backus 90
4 Legalized Internet Gambling Would Not Lead to Increases in Pathological Gambling Frank J. Fahrenkopf 95
Facts About Addiction 103
Organizations to Contact 106
For Further Reading 112
Index 116
Picture Credits 122
