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S. 1011, The Recognizing Addiction as a Disease Act of 2007
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Shawn
July 9, 2007, 3:11pm (report abuse)Its good to see that some minds are changing with regards to drug use. These people need help not demonized.
David Dunn
August 10, 2007, 11:00am (report abuse)The bill should be amended to allow American universities to grow, research and test their own cannabis for its anti-addictive potential, as well as all other uses.
Universities should be allowed to test ibogaine for its simiar anti-addictive potential.
Frisco
August 25, 2007, 4:36pm (report abuse)This is another form of drug company propaganda, designed to sell more prescriptions and make more billions for Merck, Lilly, etc. Drug abuse can be and is successfully treated without medications. How can a person build a new, drug-free life if they are treated as though they have a chronic, life-long disease? Addiction is NOT a disease of the brain, proven by the presence of programs successfully treating addiction without treatment for brain disease.
John K.
October 2, 2007, 12:04pm (report abuse)Perhaps this is a bill designed to help drug companies. However, I take the more optimistic approach and say perhaps this law is the first step toward decriminalizing drug use. Throwing people in jail is not the solution.
Kathi M
December 15, 2007, 9:05am (report abuse)The concept of alcoholism as a disease vs addiction is NOT a concept widely accepted by all members of the medical field; as a matter of fact, it is still controversial. See www.alcohol-drug-treatment.net/disease_concept.html as just one jumping off point for examining both sides of an argument.
So do label other addictions as disease (smoking, gambling, sex) in order to guiltlessly shed responsibility for our behavior?
I hope everyone reading this (and all opinions for that matter), before accepting statements at face value, will do research on their own and examine both sides of an issue, as well as analyzing the basis of all hypotheses thrown out there. Are we a bunch of sheep or just too lazy to think on our own?
John Parr
May 13, 2008, 5:47am (report abuse)well kathi, i must tell you that this issue needs to be addressed in a proper forum only, and unless we accept it as a disease the required platform will be not provided. i work for a drug and alcohol rehab project, and believe me i have seen some cases which you can not even imagine
JWP
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This is a comprehensive addiction portal focusing on topics of alcohol and drug abuse.
http://www.alcoholaddiction.org
alpha
May 13, 2008, 6:27am (report abuse)This is a comprehensive addiction portal focusing on topics of alcohol and drug abuse. http://www.alcoholaddiction.org
mlschmidt
May 13, 2008, 8:46am (report abuse)Getting help is important. It could make all the difference.
Joe Lane
This is a comprehensive addiction portal focusing on topics of alcohol and drug abuse. http://www.alcoholaddiction.org
MLSCHMIDT
May 13, 2008, 8:47am (report abuse)Getting the right help is important.
Joe Lane
This is a comprehensive addiction portal focusing on topics of alcohol and drug abuse. http://www.alcoholaddiction.org
jimmy
June 5, 2008, 6:21am (report abuse)Now a days the drug supplt has been increased. Government have to check it and should ban the injurious drug.Yoga and meditation will help the addictors to build self confidence against the addiction.
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jimmy
Addiction treatment and recovery resources for the addict and their families.
http://www.addictiontreatment.net
lauran
October 25, 2008, 1:26am (report abuse)According to me alcohol and drug use can progress into abuse and addition so insidiously that people often do not realize their drinking or drugging has become a real problem.
Greg
November 4, 2008, 1:28pm (report abuse)i got this quote from another forum.
"It's like saying a person with heart disease should choose to eat less bacon and it'll repair their health. It's a "disease" because it has numerous variables interplaying against one another and is beyond the point of simply choosing another behavior to prevent or resolve the problem."
What caused these people to get 'Heart Disease'? their addiction and inability to make the choice to stop eating certain foods. but we still classify the repercussions of their choice as a disease.
so why hasn't drug addiction been classified as an addiction? one major factor to consider is because insurance companies don't want to pay the costs of treatment.
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