Why, Do People Become Addicted?

[Sal Paradise]

Yeah barq-
I believe your thoughts are more of what I was exploring ....Well maybe not more but at least part of what I was thinking of ....Sal what do u think?

Same same but with such a different judgement of opinion of it.

Good thoughts IMO.

I would say the physical differences between addiction and dependence are almost negligible. But the social constructs, like barq- was saying can have a huge impact. They can end up isolating "addicted" individuals and prevent them from thriving in society (e.g. maybe an "addict" can't get a job if they test positive for meds without a script, but a "dependant" person taking the same medication for the same condition would have a script, and get the job). I think it is kind of like the Rat Park experiment from the OP. The addiction leads to isolation, and the isolation worsens the addiction in a sort of feedback loop.