Argues that in the study of addictions there is a crisis of concepts and categories that has led
to the discrimination against the work of S. Peele (see PA, Vols 72: 28347 and 74: 10608). It …

In the preface to The Meaning of Addiction, Stanton Peele states," My major endeavor, after
establishing a suitable level of analysis for addiction, is to create a framework for …

Illustrates some of the interactive implications of applying a philosophy of science
perspective to the early history of the substance abuse field. The discovery of the addictive" …

Since the recent passage of regulations concerning subjects' rights and freedom on inquiry,
opposition by the public and others to some areas of research in the addictions has …

Commentaries 873 ADDICTION, ETHICS AND SCIENTIFIC FREEDOM We thank George Uhl
and Mark Kleiman (Uhl 2003; Kleiman 2003) for thei Page 1 Commentaries 873 © 2003 Society …

Comments on E. Foulks's (see record 1989-36833-001) article on the 1979 alcohol study in
Barrow, Alaska. Topics discussed include the responsibilities of research sponsors, the …

Recently a New York University professor submitted a jargon-laden parody to a scholarly
journal to see whether meaningless nonsense would pass editorial review if it contained all …

The eloquent and disarmingly straightforward editorial by Edwards invites the various
disciplines currently working within the addictions field to put aside their corrosive …

This article examines the field of addictions and suggests that it is in the midst of a
conceptual crisis. As a result of its immaturity, the addiction's field evidences energy, naivete …

From about 1930 to the late 1960s a definition of addiction dominated in the United States
that made opiate-style abstinence reactions essential, and distinguished sharply between …