An important philosophical issue in the study of addiction is what difference the fact that a
person is addicted makes to attributions of autonomy (and responsibility) to their drug …

Several ethicists have argued that research trials and treatment programs that involve the
provision of drugs to addicts are prima facie unethical, because addicts can't refuse the offer …

Abstract Background/Objectives There continues to be a debate on whether Substance
Addiction (SA) is best understood as a brain disease or a moral condition. We aim to review …

This article examines injectable Opioid Agonist Treatment (iOAT), in which patients suffering
from long-term, treatment refractory opioid use disorder (OUD) are prescribed injectable …

This article examines the concept of wishful thinking in philosophical literature on science
and values. It suggests that this term tends to be used in an overly broad manner that fails to …

| 233 SNOWDEN ET AL. and childbirth as both normal physiologic processes and also
deeply meaningful life events. Adverse outcomes, while rising in recent years, remain …

Supervised injectable opioid assisted treament (siOAT) prescribes injectable opioids to
individuals for whom other forms of addiction treatment have been ineffective. In this article …

I argue that public officials and health workers ought to respect and protect women's rights to
make risky choices during childbirth. Women's rights to make treatment decisions ought to …

In conceptual debates on addiction, neurobiological research has been used to support the
idea that addicted drug users lack control over their addiction-related actions. In some …

People who use drugs (PWUD) are at risk of developing serious health problems, including
injection-related injuries or infections. Traditionally, the locus of responsibility for mitigating …