How is acceptance of the brain disease model of addiction related to Australians’ attitudes towards addicted individuals and treatments for addiction?

Table 5 Beliefs about imprisonment for heroin addiction

Peter should go to prison for his illicit drug use
		OR	95% CI
Age	18-34	1.00
Age	≥35	0.51**	0.33-0.80
Gender	Male	1.00
Gender	Female	0.98	0.73-1.33
Years of education	1-12	1.00
	13-14	0.77	0.47-1.26
	15+	0.77	0.56-1.07
Familiarity with addiction	No	1.00
Familiarity with addiction	Yes	0.71	0.46-1.08
Disease	No	1.00
Disease	Yes	0.68	0.46-1.00
Brain disease	No	1.00
Brain disease	Yes	0.82	0.53-1.28
Biological causes	Disagree	1.00
	Neutral/DK	0.61*	0.41-0.91
	Agree	0.71	0.45-1.11
Social-environmental causes	Disagree	1.00
	Neutral/DK	1.02	0.70-1.48
	Agree	1.11	0.74-1.67
Personal qualities	Disagree	1.00
	Neutral/DK	1.37	0.73-2.56
	Agree	2.30***	1.57-3.35

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, DK don’t know.

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