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Ads are running this week in the NYT , WP , and USAT . Where are the groups' ads campaigning against alcoholism, kleptomania and sex addiction?
Never mind that the very existence of sex addiction is questioned by most respectable shrinks.
Time 's cover story attributes all addictions--from alcoholism to drug addiction to binge eating--to the neurotransmitter dopamine.
Concerns that opioid usage to manage symptoms will cause respiratory depression or hasten death (ie, an unintended effect), or cause addiction are not relevant.
An ironic one, too, given Paz's record as a critic of Mexico's addiction to patriarchal power.