Drug Addiction: Will Treating Addiction as a ‘disease’ Combat a Growing Epidemic? – Los Angeles Times

Will treating addiction as a ‘disease’ combat a growing epidemic? – Los Angeles Times

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Should drug addiction be considered a disease, or will thinking about addiction in this way only further enable drug users by convincing them that they’re powerless? Morgan Little elaborated on Politics Now: “Previous federal drug policies were …
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Drug addiction a disease, not a moral failing, White House says – Los Angeles Times

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This post has been corrected. See note at bottom for details. Gil Kerlikowske, the director of the National Drug Control Policy, has announced a new focus on treating drug addiction as a disease, not a moral failing, and emphasizes removing the …
Drug Addiction – Bing News

Addiction treatment program designed for older adults

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Aging bodies produce other concerns for addiction treatment beyond medical issues, Sanford said. "The drugs act differently in an older body than they would in …
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Narconon Riverbend Survey Confirms That Drug Addiction Isn't …

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Narconon Riverbend recently completed a survey which found that the overwhelming majority of addicts that attend its program lived in drug-free households at …
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Huge Increase in Infants Addicted to Prescription Drugs

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As the nation deals with the epidemic concerning prescription medicines, health officials are seeing a big increase in the number infants born with an addiction …
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