Is addiction a disease? Experts say yes.
Many people ask whether addiction is a disease, so we asked a leading physician in the field of addiction, Dr. Nora Volkow. “It’s actually been strange to me that people have a difficulty in understanding addiction as a disease, because a disease is basically described as damage to an organ or system that jeopardizes your wellbeing,” explains Dr. Volkow. “We now have clear cut evidence that certain circuits in the brain become dysfunctional when you are addicted to drugs.”
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