The Scientific Approach to Curing Addiction

This book is in essence a concerted effort to understand the disease of addiction, and its effect on the human mind. This approach embraces the scientific progress that has dominated the last century and led us to conquer some of the most tenacious diseases in our history. With the discovery of DNA and the advent of ever more refined methods for its manipulation, this century bears the promise of leading us to victory over what may be our most insidious foe; addiction itself.