Is Drug Addiction a Disease?
By gypsylady28
@gypsylady28 (945)
United States
May 4, 2007 8:59pm CST
In a recent discussion I started, it was commented that drug addiction is a disease. To me a disease is something you are genetically born with or something such as cancer, parkinsons, etc. I have never considered drug addiction or alcoholism a disease. In my opinion, you know the consequences of taking drugs or drinking alcohol. A person is willing doing something to their body that they know is wrong. What is your opinion?
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@skbadhan (879)
• India
5 May 07
ya I am agree to you you defination of disease is ok but many a times it happens when we feel too bad about some things we use to call it a disease its ourminds expression what i feel as from this discussion i remember i too many a time refer corruption as uncurable disease. so sorry me too many a times its onlt the sence or feeling get expressed that how badly we hate such things
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@PsychoDude (2013)
• Netherlands
5 May 07
Cancer you do not have to be genetically born with. Diabetes is something you can form due to a lifestyle as well, same goes for in example lung cancer or liver cirrhosis. Genetics definitely don't play a role in every disease.
Personally I wouldn't definite an addiction as a disease though, although many addictions can lead to diseases.
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