Monday, June 15, 2015

Johann Hari on the War on Drugs | Five Books | Five Books

http://fivebooks.com/interviews/johann-hari-on-war-drugs

What Bruce says this shows is that both the right-wing and left-wing theories of addiction are wrong. The right-wing theory is it's a moral failing, you're a hedonist, you indulge yourself. The left-wing theory is your brain gets hijacked, you get taken over. Bruce says, it's not your brain, it's not your morality, to a much larger degree than we've appreciated until now, addiction is an adaptation to your environment.

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