1. Alan Leshner and Sally Satel disagree on whether addiction can be considered a brain disease. Whose argument do you find more convincing and why?
2. In his viewpoint, Ernest P. Noble writes that during most of the twentieth century, addiction was viewed as a personal flaw. Do you believe that is true today? Why or why not?
3. After reading the viewpoints by Susan M. Gordon and the Office of National Drug Control Policy and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, which factors do you believe play the greatest role in determining teenage drug abuse? Explain your answer.