national center on addiction and substance abuse

Matter of Substance: Drug Addiction as Disease, Not Subject of Shame

Matter of substance: Drug addiction as disease, not subject of shame

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… of people in need of addiction treatment do not receive anything that approximates evidence-based care,” Drew Altman, chairman of an addiction treatment commission at the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, wrote in a June 2012 report.
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