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Posted by KellyD on January 30, 2004, at 7:37:07
WHO defines addiction as:
"a cluster of physiological, behavioural, and cognitive phenomena of vaiable intensity, in which the use of a psychoactive drug takes on high priority. The necessary descriptive characteristics are preoccupation with a desire to obtain and take the drug and persisitent drug-seeking behaviour."
Please don't confuse dependence for therapeudic, approiate use of meds for treatment as "addicted". All meds have their approiate use in selected individuals. This is a fact despite what some media reports would have the general public believe.
This post is for clarification and not to incite points to argue on. Indivdual experiences can't be disputed.... the good stories nor the horror stories.
Posted by Chairman_MAO on January 30, 2004, at 14:09:50
In reply to Addiction defined, posted by KellyD on January 30, 2004, at 7:37:07
I agree with you. And yet I still wonder why, in a "free" society, a group of people designated as "elite"--physicians--and the government collude to decide what is "medical treatment", what is not, and who is entitled to it. People should stop scapegoating drugs and drug addiction for social ills and look at the three most prevalent types of addict that are never defined because they'd be too insulting to popular culture: loveaholic (not sexaholic), godaholic, and moneyholic.
Posted by KellyD on January 31, 2004, at 11:14:37
In reply to Re: Addiction defined, posted by Chairman_MAO on January 30, 2004, at 14:09:50
I think I understand your post. My post was specific to assumptive comments made to posters by other posters that use of certain meds, at a certain dose, for a certin length of time constituted "addiction".
Posting personal experiences is fine with the understanding that one is to not make judgements of others based on those unique experiences or information of the "I heard/saw that...." type. That manner of posting is presumptive, judgemental, disrespectful, and can be absolutely wrong.
I also have a problem with med "bashing", in general, for any med..... by "bashing", I mean posts that contain blanket, generalized, alarmist proclaimations. Sharing information is fine, but there are specific ways to responsibly go about it.
Posted by Dr. Bob on January 31, 2004, at 11:45:43
In reply to Re: Addiction defined, posted by Chairman_MAO on January 30, 2004, at 14:09:50
> I still wonder why, in a "free" society, a group of people designated as "elite"--physicians--and the government collude to decide what is "medical treatment", what is not, and who is entitled to it.
I'd like to redirect follow-ups regarding medical treatment collusions to Psycho-Social-Babble. Here's a link:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/social/20040131/msgs/307693.html
Thanks,
Bob
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