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Given that impairments of self-control are characteristic of alcoholism and other drug addictions, frontal lobe dysfunction may play a significant role in such compulsive behaviors." (Lyvers 2000-page 232)
With so many various and widely divergent types of studies concentrating on the same medical area in regards to alcoholism as an addiction rather than as a disease, it would seem that contrary evidence would be forthcoming from those who wish to see alcoholism remain as a disease rather than the addiction that it is. These people can normally be found in governmental roles of authority, which roles behoove the individuals to act in a certain way. This way of acting is in itself another finger of evidence that shows alcoholism is the addiction this paper espouses it is. If these authoritative individuals were more interested in finding a real solution to a very real problem they would do so by forcing the addicted ones to change their behavior, include...
It will be interesting to see who ends up on the wrong end of the bottle in this particular case.
Works Cited
Herz, A.,(1997) Endogenous Opioid Systems and Alcohol Addiction, Psychopharmacology, Vol. 129, Issue 2 pp. 99 -111
Lyvers, M., (2000) Loss of Control in Alcoholism and Drug Addiction: a Neuroscientific Interpretation, Exp Clin Psychopharmacol, Vol. 8, Issue 2, pp 225-249
Volkow, N.D., Fowler, J.S., (2000) Addiction, a Disease of Compulsion and Drive: Involvement of the Orbitofrontal Cortex, Cerebral Cortex, Vol. 10, Issue 3, pp 318-325
Works Cited
Herz, A.,(1997) Endogenous Opioid Systems and Alcohol Addiction, Psychopharmacology, Vol. 129, Issue 2 pp. 99 -111
Lyvers, M., (2000) Loss of Control in Alcoholism and Drug Addiction: a Neuroscientific Interpretation, Exp Clin Psychopharmacol, Vol. 8, Issue 2, pp 225-249
Volkow, N.D., Fowler, J.S., (2000) Addiction, a Disease of Compulsion and Drive: Involvement of the Orbitofrontal Cortex, Cerebral Cortex, Vol. 10, Issue 3, pp 318-325
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