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Drugs, brains, and behavior: the science of addiction (2020). National Institute on Drug Abuse [Ebook].
This text provides an overview of research that supports addictions as brain-based processes.

Our national crisis: The opioid diaries. (2018). Time.
This article provides insights into the recent opioid crisis.

Robinson, S. M., & Adinoff, B. (2018). The mixed message behind “Medication-Assisted Treatment” for substance use disorder. American Journal of Drug & Alcohol Abuse, 44(2), 147–150.
This article explores how labeling of important pharmacotherapy treatment for substance use disorders might produce stigma around such important treatments.

West, R. (2013). EMCDDA Insights: Models of addiction [Ebook]. European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction.
This text provides an overview of predominant models of addiction and shows how other societies/cultures view addictions through the same predominant models that the U.S. does. Focus your reading on Chapters 2 and 3, pages 21-32.