Wednesday 29 March 2017

Addiction is a disease. We should treat it like one

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Addiction is a disease. We should treat it like one

10:44 minutes · TEDxMidAtlantic

Only one in nine people in the United States gets the care and treatment they need for addiction and substance abuse. A former Director of National Drug Control Policy, Michael Botticelli is working to end this epidemic and treat people with addictions with kindness, compassion and fairness. In a personal, thoughtful talk, he encourages the millions of Americans in recovery today to make their voices heard and confront the stigma associated with substance use disorders.

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