Table 2 Beliefs about causes of and labels for addiction
Alcohol | Heroin | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Agree | Disagree | Neutral/Don’t know | Agree | Disagree | Neutral/Don’t know | |
Biological | 48.1% | 23.5% | 28.3% | 34.8% | 31.7% | 33.4% |
Social-Environment | 49.4% | 16.5% | 34.0% | 33.0% | 27.5% | 39.5% |
Character | 59.6% | 29.5% | 10.9% | 62.1% | 24.9% | 13.1% |
Addiction is a brain disease | 33.8% | 40.9% | 24.9% | 32.8% | 43.9% | 22.7% |
Addiction is a disease | 66.6% | 24% | 9.3% | 53.2% | 35.7% | 10.6% |