Addiction specialist Sally Marlow examines the science behind addiction to find out why so many people in Britain are hooked on drugs and alcohol.

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“Alcohol is a social lubricant and is embedded in our society,” says Sally Marlow, a professor of practice in the public understanding of mental health research at King’s College, London.