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When is drug addiction considered a disease?
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When it happens: We know that there are genetic susceptibilities to addiction as well as environment contributing factors. So when addiction happens, it is a disease.
Answered 5/7/2016
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When a disease?: Most consider drug addiction or alcohol addiction a disease because an individual loses control over its use, and uses even when the addict and others around them are hurt by continued use.
Answered 5/7/2016
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Illness: Addiction process rewires brain reward pathway and is an illness vs disease.
Answered 9/12/2012
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