ADDICTION
From opium and cigarettes to OxyContin, rehab, vapes, apps, and infinite scroll, ADDICTION follows the industries that learned how to sell dependence.
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Chapters
16 total- 01Chapter One - The First Fix
- 02Chapter Two - The Drug Empires
- 03Chapter Three - Colonial Addiction
- 04Chapter Four - Patent Medicine and Snake Oil
- 05Chapter Five - Cigarettes and Cinema
- 06Chapter Six - Prohibition and Profit
- 07Chapter Seven - War on Drugs, War on People
- 08Chapter Eight - The Opioid Explosion
- 09Chapter Nine - The Rehab Industry
- 10Chapter Ten - Behavioral Addiction Goes Mainstream
- 11Chapter Eleven - Silicon Valley Discovers Dopamine
- 12Chapter Twelve - The Vape Shift
- 13Chapter Thirteen - Weed, Legalized and Monetized
- 14Chapter Fourteen - The Crisis of Overstimulation
- 15Chapter Fifteen - Escape Attempts
- 16Chapter Sixteen - The World Is the Drug
Edition notes and short pages
ADDICTION
ADDICTION
The Habit That Runs the World
by James Johnson
Dedication
For anyone who ever tried to quit and realized the whole world was the drug.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
TO THE PEOPLE still stuck in the loop, to the ones who escaped it, and to the ones who didn’t make it out.
You weren’t weak.
The system was built to keep you there.
Thank you to the readers who see the world clearly and still care enough to try.
And to everyone who knows what it feels like to chase a high that never really hits, this one’s for you.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
JJ WRITES ABOUT systems. The ones we live in, the ones we don't notice, and the ones we mistake for reality. His work spans history, psychology, power, and control. He has authored over 200 books across multiple series, often pulling back the curtain on the world’s deepest myths and most dangerous truths.
This book is part of his ongoing effort to rewrite the narrative and expose the code running in the background.
COPYRIGHT
© 2025 JAMES JOHNSON All rights reserved.
This book is a work of nonfiction. While every effort has been made to ensure accuracy, some names of individuals may have been changed, and certain quotes or descriptions may be paraphrased or stylized for narrative flow. This book is not intended as medical, legal, or psychiatric advice. If you or someone you know is struggling with addiction, seek professional support.
Any resemblance to real products, corporations, or public institutions is deliberate. The systems described in this book are real.