Watch the drug loving closet libtards, defend such kookery.

And in what respects is drug addiction different than a disease? People give themselves heart disease,diabetes,blood poisoning,AIDS,etc,etc,etc all the time,and THEY are diseases.

But you posted a youtube video of some guy in a car.

Yeah - I guess he would be considered an expert to you.

What Is drug addiction?

Addiction is a chronic disease characterized by drug seeking and use that is compulsive, or difficult to control, despite harmful consequences. The initial decision to take drugs is voluntary for most people, but repeated drug use can lead to brain changes that challenge an addicted person’s self-control and interfere with their ability to resist intense urges to take drugs. These brain changes can be persistent, which is why drug addiction is considered a "relapsing" disease—people in recovery from drug use disorders are at increased risk for returning to drug use even after years of not taking the drug.

It's common for a person to relapse, but relapse doesn't mean that treatment doesn’t work. As with other chronic health conditions, treatment should be ongoing and should be adjusted based on how the patient responds. Treatment plans need to be reviewed often and modified to fit the patient’s changing needs.

And in what respects is drug addiction different than a disease?

In what respects is it different than alcoholism?

The government you kneel to says otherwise.

Give me a fucking break …

You have to consistently be one of the biggest contradictions in life….you have proven this to be true so many times.

suddenly

Intelligent folks have known that addiction is a disease for quite sometime.

Independent, non-government researchers have said the same thing.

I only posted the link to NIH because it seems like official gobberment documents are the only thing you'll believe.

Apparently I was mistaken because you seem to believe that a guy driving around in a car and spouting nonsense on YouTube is some kind of "expert".

suddenly

No asshole….quite continuously showing your stupidity.

I said SUDDENLY you now want to BELIEVE the government….the government you absolutely abhor and distrust, you can not SUDDENLY believe them.

Amazzing….amazingly hypocritical, that is.

Why do you NOW trust the government?

Apparently I was mistaken because you seem to believe that a guy driving around in a car and spouting nonsense on YouTube is some kind of "expert".

Therefore. let’s go with what a well trained neuroscientist who is thoroughly educated in the subject and has studied the situation….when he carefully tells us in a logically convincing way: How and Why Addiction is Not a Disease: A Neuroscientist Challenges Traditional Views.

Which proves the guy in the car is smart….obviously much smarter than you are because he can face and accepts a fact. Which is something you will never be able to do.

I only posted the link to NIH because it seems like official gobberment documents are the only thing you'll believe.

Apparently I was mistaken because you seem to believe that a guy driving around in a car and spouting nonsense on YouTube is some kind of "expert".

Heh-heh...

Which proves the guy in the car is smart….obviously much smarter than you are because he can face and accepts a fact.

Which so-called "fact" is that?

If you or loved one regularly take ANY meds for whatever condition, might you or they be considered "addicts" of said medication(s)?

Or I suppose your definition of "addicted" takes on a whole different meaning then, eh?

And in what respects is drug addiction different than a disease?

In what respects is it different than alcoholism?

None whatsoever.

I said SUDDENLY you now want to BELIEVE the government….

You ever notice how they (Paultards) piss their pants in anger and shit themselves with government paranoia ... but suck government cock, when it suits them.