Is addiction a disease or a choice? Two guys work through the medical research, the

neuroscience, the sociology, and what Scripture actually says — and land where most

of the shouting misses: it's both. Cannabis as medicine for a dying parent, why

"gateway drug" is looser than you've been told, the trouble with "once an addict,

always an addict," and why grace and truth both stay on the table.

KEY TOPICS:

• Disease model vs. choice/learning model — and why both overreach

• Rat Park, environment, and the limits of "just a choice"

• Carl Hart's choice studies and what they do (and don't) prove

• Cannabis: palliative medicine, Christian liberty, and the legality question

• "Gateway drugs," nicotine, and medical-grade vs. street-grade substances

• A Christ-centered frame: bondage, resp ...