Explain how we can explain this resistance to sex addiction as a concept and diagnostic entity? How can we
explain the recent interest and push to legalize these drugs?
2) What does the television series The Wire teach us about the world of addiction?
3) Some critics suggest that “the War on Drugs was never designed to be won.” If
that is the case, how can we understand its perseverance despite making little
headway in reducing drug consumption.
4) In light of the opioid epidemic, there have been increased calls for leading
members of the pharmaceutical industry to be held criminally responsible.
Should pharmaceutical executives be held responsible for selling drugs that
produce widespread addiction?
5) Caffeine addiction has been the subject of much debate within the medical
community, with some pushing to formalize this diagnosis and others resisting.
Why has caffeine addiction proven so controversial and divisive a subject among
addictions theorists?
6) Some theorists see sex addiction as equivalent to any other addiction, while
others resist its validity. How can we explain this resistance to sex addiction as a
concept and diagnostic entity?
7) Despite labelling addiction as a disease, physicians frequently refer their patients
to non-medical organization like alcoholics anonymous (AA), narcotics
anonymous (NA), and sex and love addicts anonymous. How can we
understand and explain this seeming contradiction?
In terms of sources, there are many potential places that students can look. Beyond
searching for books in the library (many of which are now online), students can also
access McMaster’s article databases: (https://library.mcmaster.ca/articles_azlist/all).
These databases are far more focused than Google Scholar and will likely turn up better
results.
Although each specific topic will likely benefit from the use of different databases, some
of the better ones include: Anthropology Abstracts; America: History and Life, Academic
OneFile, Anthropology Plus, Arts & Humanities Citation Index (Web of Science),
Historical Abstracts, JSTOR, Social Sciences Abstracts, Scholars Portal, and
Sociological Abstracts. You might also investigate PsycInfo, Google Scholar, and
PubMed. More information can be found here: https://library.mcmaster.ca/guides/
Although strictly medical sources might be useful for this paper, there is a good chance
that you’ll get much more from taking an interdisciplinary approach to your literature
search. Thus, we strongly encourage you to make use of the types of databases listed
