ACLU: Treating Addiction as a Disease, not a Crime

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14. Disease

disease /dis·ease/ (dĭ-zēz´) any deviation from or interruption of the normal structure or function of any body part, organ, or system that is manifested by a characteristic set of symptoms and signs and whose etiology, pathology, and prognosis may be known or unknown.

Addiction is a brain disease, experts declare
August 16, 2011|By Rosie Mestel, Los Angeles Times /
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/aug/16/news/la-heb-addiction-isbrain-disease-20110816

Addiction is a Chronic Disease
http://archives.drugabuse.gov/about/welcome/aboutdrugabuse/chronicdisease/

Addiction Has A New Definition - It Is A Disease, Not Just Bad Choices Or Behaviors
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/232841.php

Addiction Is a Brain Disease, and It Matters
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/278/5335/45.abstract

Addiction Now Defined As Brain Disorder, Not Behavior Problem
http://www.livescience.com/15563-addiction-defined-brain-disease.html



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