The Science of Addiction

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Event Description

Advances in the scientific understanding of addiction have important implications for treatment, policy, and the law. In this panel, Eden Evins, M.D. discussed addiction neuroscience, prognosis, and treatment. Stephanie Tabashneck, Psy.D., J.D. then led a discussion on the role of addiction science in judicial and legal decision making at the intersection of science and the law.

Panelists

  • Introduction: Carmel Shachar, Executive Director, Petrie-Flom Center
  • Eden Evins, M.D., Director, MGH Center for Addiction Medicine and Cox Family Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

This event is part of the Project on Law and Applied Neuroscience, a collaboration between the Center for Law, Brain and Behavior at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law with support from the Oswald DeN. Cammann Fund at Harvard University.