This is an Accepted Manuscript version of the following article, accepted for publication in Psychiatry, Psychology and Law. Kate Seear (2023) Making addicts: critical reflections on agency and responsibility from lawyers and decision makers, Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 30:1, 33-50, DOI: 10.1080/13218719.2022.2112099. It is deposited under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.