Addiction Industry

The marijuana industry, he said, is in this “to make as much money as [it] can from an addiction industry.”

Dr. Stuart Gitlow, acting president of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, said that drug addiction is based on three characteristics:
genetic abnormality
abnormal coping skills
and living in a society where the drug is accepted and promoted.

He wondered why the United States seems determined to legalize marijuana and ignore the problems associated with the drug.
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