ASNet Why Distinguishing Drug Abuse from Drug Addiction is Important
Update: 2012-09-19
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The terms drug abuse and drug addiction are often used interchangeably, but there are in fact important differences in what these terms mean. Not only are the factors causing these two cases of substance misuse frequently distinct, but the treatments for drug abuse and drug addiction usually demand focus on quite different factors. For example, comorbid disorders play a much more important role in determining cases of drug abuse than they do in drug addiction which is primarily determined by disturbances in normal brain chemistry and function. Keeping this important distinction in mind helps avoid many of the disagreements which often occur between academics and clinicians and even amongst academics themselves.
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