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Surgeon General: Addiction Is A Bigger Health Problem Than Cancer : Shots
Surgeon General: Addiction Is A Bigger Health Problem Than Cancer : Shots
Surgeon General Murthy Wants America To Face Up To AddictionEnlarge this image toggle caption Toby Talbot/AP Toby Talbot/APIn 1964, the U.S. surgeon general released a report on the health impacts of smoking, and it shaped the public and government's attitudes toward tobacco for years to come.On Thursday, another surgeon general's report was issued, this time tackling a much broader issue: addiction and the misuse and abuse of chemical substances.The focus isn't just one drug, but all of them.
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US Surgeon General: Addiction is a brain disease that must be treated as a chronic illness
US Surgeon General: Addiction is a brain disease that must be treated as a chronic illness
Please enable Javascript to watch this videoINDIANAPOLIS, Ind.Surgeon General is speaking out about the ongoing and growing drug addiction problem in the country.In a new report released Thursday, Vivek Murthy called for a new way to address addiction, telling Americans we need to understand that it is a brain disease, not a character flaw.
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Surgeon General: Addicts Need 'Compassion' Not Blame
Surgeon General: Addicts Need 'Compassion' Not Blame
In decades past, at a more ignorant time about the risks of smoking, the U.S.Surgeon General has issued fierce salvos against the tobacco industry.Laying the blame for the widespread epidemic of lung cancer and other smoking-related disorders squarely at the industry's feet, the office has called for strict regulations on tobacco products, stigmatized the very idea of smoking, and demanded that companies acknowledge their culpability in sickening their customers.
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