Yes

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  by Darrin A Yarbrough

  Created on: March 01, 2009

  "Addiction is a primary, progressive, chronic disease with genetic, psychosocial, and environmental

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  by Lolito Tampus

  Created on: April 28, 2011

  An addiction to alcohol or drugs qualifies as a disease in many aspects. It creates disorders in

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  by W. Diane Van Zwol

  Created on: November 19, 2010

  'Dis-ease': The nature of addiction

  
  

  Is addiction to drugs and alcohol a disease?

  
  

  Addiction is regarded

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  by Susan E. Carr

  Created on: September 03, 2009

  Addiction, especially alcoholism is often classified as a "disease". This may be a difficult concept

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  by Kristen Furia

  Created on: December 15, 2008

  Many people like to place the blame of addiction on the addict. These people have a great misunderstanding

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  by Terry Lipperd

  Created on: December 31, 2009

  The Encyclopedia Britannica defines a disease as

                 

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  by J. James

  Created on: August 29, 2010

  “Beneath all of these addictions is this disease, this control disease which is the mark of our

• 8 of 41

  by Sarah Williams

  Created on: January 11, 2008

  A disease, by definition, is "a condition or tendency regarded as abnormal and harmful", and by that

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  by Ed Ostrom

  Created on: May 25, 2009   Last Updated: May 26, 2009

  Addiction to alcohol ad drugs is a disease. The American Medical Association first declared it a

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  by Aubrey Williams

  Created on: March 04, 2010

  It's my belief, through much experience that Alcohol, Drug, or any other kind of addiction is a disease.

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  by S A Dalton

  Created on: June 10, 2009   Last Updated: June 15, 2009

  Addiction is a progressive and chronic disease, regardless of what the addiction is to. Just as no one

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  by Teresa Weimer

  Created on: August 23, 2009

  The only way out of hell is straight through it, is a powerful statement that must have originated

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  by Robert Mckenna

  Created on: November 02, 2008

  Addiction to drugs, alcohol is a drug, is a disease. The American Medical Association recognises addiction

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  by Stuart Page

  Created on: August 18, 2010

  
  

  Of Course it is  a Disease! The real question should be, "Why Does It Matter?"

  It might sound

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  by Kevin Flynn

  Created on: January 31, 2008

  My name is Kevin and I suffer from the disease of addiction. My low self esteem and my fear of living

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  by Robert Allen Savage

  Created on: June 24, 2010   Last Updated: June 25, 2010

  If you ask an addict or an alcoholic, the answer is definitely yes.  Maybe in the strictest sense

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  by J Robbins

  Created on: April 10, 2009

  NOW WE KNOW - ADDICTION TO ALCOHOL OR DRUGS IS A DISEASE

  
  
  

  Joseph A. Califano, Jr., chairman and president

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  by Leah Davidson

  Created on: January 09, 2009   Last Updated: January 11, 2009

  Yes, of course addiction is a disease, even the government of the United States of America has acknowledged

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  by Benjamin Rafalski

  Created on: January 30, 2010

  I have lived a life with two parents that were alcoholics, I say were because my father has passed away

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  by Eddie Vegger

  Created on: November 07, 2008

  Addiction to alcohol or drugs is definitely a disease. You don't find people debating whether or not