About Addiction Science
What is addiction science?
Addiction science is the transdisciplinary scientific study of the nature, causes, consequences, prevention, and treatment of addiction-related problems. Addiction science bridges the gap between science, practice, and policy to educate and be educated by those impacted by addiction. It is unique because it is transdisciplinary, is multi-addiction focused and utilizes a broad application of the scientific evidence.
Addiction science is trandisciplinary. It aims to break down discipline-specific silos by recognizing that various approaches have merit. The goal of addiction science is to leverage all the available theory and data across fields to maximize the scientific understanding of addiction.