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inlawrev-25502	Brown, Teneille R.	Treating Addiction in the Clinic, Not the Courtroom: Using Neuroscience and Genetics to Abandon the Failed War on Drugs	2021	49	.pdf	application/pdf	24318	1287	57	A comprehensive study by the World Health Organization found that drug addiction ranked at the top of a list of eighteen stigmatized social problems.12 Among mental illnesses, which, as a group, are quite stigmatized, drug addiction ranks as the most stigmatized disorder, with lay people rating “addicts” as more dangerous, less predictable, and more to blame for their disorders than people with depression or schizophrenia.1 3 With blame comes moral judgment.14 Studies have shown that the way we talk about addiction matters, and can exacerbate stigma.15 Because the word “addict” carries with it such negative connotations, and conflates the disorder with the individual, the preferred language is to refer to addicts as people with substance use disorder (SUD).1 6 However, as this Article is exploring the very underpinnings of these negative connotations and the social response to the label of “addict,” I will sometimes 8. [T]he group viewed as most to blame for their condition (people with drug addictions) is also perceived as most able to overcome it.”).	cache/inlawrev-25502.pdf	txt/inlawrev-25502.txt