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Drug-Addicted Doctors: California Debates How Best to Protect Patients and

Drug-Addicted Doctors: California Debates How Best To Protect Patients And

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As of Wednesday, the bill said doctors would be reported to the medical board for failing to meet the requirements of a drug treatment program. Yet the bill did not say disciplinary authorities would be notified if a doctor is terminated, leaves a …
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California Drug Overdose Prevention Bill Passes

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What Is the Difference Between Drug Abuse and Drug Addiction?

Question by Chronic: What is the difference between drug abuse and drug addiction?
I am witing something freelance and just wondering if anyone can give me an addequite difference between drug abuse and drug addiction.

The definition of an addict is: 1. To cause to become physiologically or psychologically dependent on a habit-forming substance
2. To occupy (oneself) with or involve (oneself) in something habitually or compulsively

Definition of drug abuse: he use of illegal drugs or the inappropriate use of legal drugs. The repeated use of drugs to produce pleasure, to alleviate stress, or to alter or avoid reality (or all three).

Is This Argument Inductive or Deductive? What Fallacy Is It Committing?

Question by : Is this argument inductive or deductive? What fallacy is it committing?
“Theyclaim that the Illinois Department of Corrections’ drug treatment program at Sheridan penitentiary discharged inmates who were “40 percent less likely to be arrested a year later and 85 percent less likely to return to prison.” This statistic stating incredible success indicates the data should be re-checked because it is probably false, or it misinterprets the rate of recidivism from the treatment program.

A drug treatment venue claiming a rate of success approaching 85 percent for criminals with chronic addiction issues would be the world’s best program, and it seems way too good to be true.