Addiction in Society

Addiction--the thematic malady for our society--entails every type of psychological and societal problem.

Stanton Peele, Ph.D., J.D., has been researching and treating addiction since he wrote Love and Addiction (1975). He also wrote 7 Tools to Beat Addiction. See full bio

October 4, 2008, Addiction

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Straightening the Irish Out About Addiction (before they become as crazy as us)

By Stanton Peele on October 4, 2008 in Addiction in Society

I write from Killarney, where yesterday I delivered the keynote address at a conference on "Addiction-Proofing Our Communities." The conference opened with a speech by Ireland's drug czar, Desmond Corrigan, an academic pharmacologist who, unlike his American counterpart, provided hard data and humility. Read More

Paris talk

Submitted by SJ on October 10, 2008 - 4:04am.

Will your talk in Paris be open to the public?

How do we fix the American attitude towards addiction/drugs?

Submitted by John Walt on November 24, 2008 - 1:00pm.

I agree with what you say about drugs, alcohol, and addiction. I don't think giving scary facts is the way to reduce/prevent drug abuse in this country (The US.) I do agree that giving people all of the information is the way to success in this area.

What are your thoughts on this? How do we institute fundamental change in this country? Where should it begin (legalization, decriminalization, stronger penalties, drug-only jails)?

I love your work.