‘Drug addiction comes with huge amounts of stigma attached’

Finally drug or alcohol addiction is being viewed as a medical condition but If REAL progress is to be made in tackling the condition then the stigma of being labeled a ‘drug addict’ or ‘alcoholic’ has to be overcome. It has with, with being gay in Ireland and is also slowly happening with depression. No one ‘chooses’ the tragedy that goes with the condition…http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/oct/05/drug-addiction-psychiatrist-ketamine-gbl-mephedrone?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Mail