ADDICTION 2009

Published April 20, 2013

ADDICTION 2009 – Definition of Addiction – “Addiction: A chronic relapsing condition characterized by compulsive drug-seeking and abuse and by long-lasting chemical changes i…

Smoking Is a 'Preexisting Condition'

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As expected, the definition of “preexisting condition” is proving infinitely malleable, with behaviors born again as conditions. If smoking is a condition, then drug addiction is a condition, self-mutilation is a condition, a penchant for BASE jumping …
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Free talk on harm reduction in health care at Ashland University

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The “War on Drugs” has been the predominant public philosophy for decades, setting the backdrop in which Americans discuss addiction, treatment, prevention and public health. Millions of dollars in taxpayer money are going annually to policing …
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