is drug addiction a disease?

Question by ??-??hayRilla?-??: is drug addiction a disease?
i heard people are trying to diagnose drug addiction as a disease .. DO YOU THINK DRUG ADDICTION IS A Disease ? WOULD YOU CONSIDER IT TO BE IN THE SMAE DiseaSE CRITIERA AS SAY DIABETES .. HEART DIisease ..lung cancer and so forth???
is drug addiction to you a medical emotional or brain disease?
anyform of addiction is not a disease… im addicted to pictures is this going to kill me??

Best answer:

Answer by Merisa
Maybe not in the same criteria..but DUH it’s a disease and anyone who has a drug addiction should seek help. I’ve seen it screw way to many good friends up.

Answer by Seattle_Slacker
It’s not a disease, not in the medical sense. It’s a weakness… but that doesn’t sound very PC.

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