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قبل 100 سنة.

<p>كانوا يؤمنون بأن معاقبتهم ستردعهم عن الإدمان.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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<p>The author was thinking about drug addiction because it has been 100 years since drugs were first banned in the United States and Britain, and the author realized there were basic questions about addiction that he didn't know the answer to.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The fateful decision made 100 years ago was to take addicts and punish them, making them suffer under the belief that it would deter them and give them an incentive to stop.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The author realized he didn't know the answer to questions like what really causes addiction and why the current approach doesn't seem to be working.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The approach in place for dealing with addiction has been to punish addicts and make them suffer in the belief that it would deter them. The author questions its effectiveness because it doesn't seem to be working.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The author recalls an early memory of trying to wake up one of his relatives who was unable to wake up due to drug addiction in the family, including later cocaine addiction.</p> Signup and view all the answers