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The most common types of drug addiction
Medically reviewed by Kira Graves, PhD Key Takeaways Addiction to a drug means you cannot control your use of the substance, ...
Addiction is survival work, effective in the short run, but cyclical and costly over time. There is a way out.
Experts agree that addiction is a disease, yet the disease model doesn't capture addiction's harmful effects on others.
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