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POPSNot Just an Addiction Problem Ever wondered why addictions -- to drugs, alcohol, the Internet, shopping, etc -- are so hard to kick? Why expensive drug treatment programs so frequently fail to deliver their promised results? The answer lies in the fact that addictions are but people's desperate way of coping with their deeper psychological problems, most often depression and anxiety but may include schizophrenia and other forms of psychosis as well. When substance abuse professionals focus on the person's dysfunctional behavior and ignore the underlying pain (even worse, downplay the pain by believing that the depression will go away once this person is off drugs), the chances of relapsing are extremely high. It's time we pay serious attention to the use of substances for self-medicating reasons.
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POPSAmerica's Drug Problem In my day-to-day work, I've seen individuals waste their life away on drugs and families broken up because of one (or more) member's drug habit. How much responsibility should we put on the individual who falls to addiction and how much responsibility should we assign to the state? Or to the society who has failed to provide the support these individuals need to cope with their mental health problems?
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