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Alcohol Control, Addiction and Processes of Change: Comment on "The Limitations of Control-of-Supply Models for Explaining and Preventing Alcoholism and Drug Addiction"
Robin Room
Legal controls of consumption and availability of substances are compatible with other approaches used to prevent drug and alcohol abuse. The symbolic impact of such controls pales next to other attacks on drug and alcohol use. Control policies must be distinguished from prohibition, to which they are often offered as an alternative. They have more of an impact on direct physical consequences of consumption such as cirrhosis than on mental problems, just as physical indicators of addiction like withdrawal-as opposed to psychological indicators like loss of control-may be directly tied to level of consumption. The implementation of control policies reflects popular sentiment and depends for its success in large part on popular support.
