Addiction Is a Disease
5 Citations•2002•
J. Halpern
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Addiction-as-disease or addiction- as-choice may be better defined by delineating initial experimentation with addictive drugs from ongoing drug use.
Abstract
Addiction-as-disease or addiction-as-choice may be better defined by delineating initial experimentation with addictive drugs from ongoing drug use. Repeated exposure to addictive substances changes the molecules and neurochemistry of the addict. Addiction-as-disease accepts the responsibility of the health care professional to treat the patient and precludes the stigmatization that addiction is a choice.