Addiction is a chronic, progressive, self-perpetuating disease that profoundly diminishes individual, family and community well-being. Drug abuse costs the U.S. economy hundreds of billions of dollars ...

Addiction is an inability to stop using a substance or engaging in a behavior even though it may cause psychological or physical harm. The term addiction does not only refer to dependence on ...

Addiction is a complicated disease involving an inability to stop taking a substance or carrying out a particularly damaging behavior. It can lead to a range of adverse psychological, physiological, ...

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