LEXICON - 
Addiction

Addiction is a:
  • primary, chronic, neurobiologic disease, with genetic, psychosocial, and environmental factors influencing its development and manifestations. 

It is characterized by behaviors that include the following (4 C's): 
  • Control that is impaired with drug use
  • Craving for the drug
  • Compulsive use of the drug
  • Continued use of drug despite harm. 
TED TALKS:  Everything you think you know about addiction is wrong.   What really causes addiction — to everything from cocaine to smart-phones? And how can we overcome it? Johann Hari has seen our current methods fail firsthand, as he has watched loved ones struggle to manage their addictions. He started to wonder why we treat addicts the way we do — and if there might be a better way. As he shares in this deeply personal talk, his questions took him around the world, and unearthed some surprising and hopeful ways of thinking about an age-old problem.
​Click on 'Cartoon Short' button for cartoon adaptation of Hari's insight on addiction.
​Click on 'Interactive' button for same material in an interactive form. (works on mobiles).