Social Issues
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- The Economic Costs of Addiction: Were substance abuse a ‘budget category’ it would rank the sixth biggest federal government expense
- Addiction as Moral Weakness: The stigma of addiction hampers the recovery efforts of too many. Although some may view addiction as a moral failing or form of weakness, doctors and scientists will tell us that it is instead a very treatable brain disease.
- Treatment Rights: Although you may think that you can’t get time off for treatment, federal law says that you have the right and that your employer can’t stop or sanction you
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