• popemichael@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    That’s not true. There’s a difference between addiction and dependence medically.

    You don’t say that a person on insulin is an addict. You don’t say that a person on heart medicine is an addict. We shouldn’t say that a person on opiates are addicts.

    Addicts take the medicine without a medical need. Dependent people need to take the medicine in order to live a normal life.