The danger from the article's perspective is, once again, viewing addiction solely as a disease rather than as a symptom of multiple underlying issues. This is similar to how anxiety and depression have been framed as single diseases, when in reality, they can be symptoms of various conditions. Even if we consider addiction a disease, there's often an oversimplified focus on a "single root cause" when, in fact, multiple, independent factors can contribute to addiction. One clear example is the physical dependence on certain drugs, which can be beyond a person's control. On the other hand, many young people start using marijuana under the old, now cliché, mantra that it doesn’t cause physical addiction, as if physical addiction were the only form of addiction possible.

My 2 cents, from someone with a [strong] non-addictive trait but having witnessed people with various addictions, including gambling.