Does anyone have a link to this article, I couldn't find it.
I am curious about the details supporting the sentence:
" It meant the inability to stop."
Thanks,
Dave

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From: "David Fahey" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 4:50 PM
Subject: addiction in the USA


> USA Today, 10 October 2005, includes an article by Rita Rubin,  
> "Addiction Has Many Fathers,  Science Finds," the first in a series  
> on drug and alcohol (with a related HBO special in January 2007).   
> Among other things, the article cites a 2004 National Survey on Drug  
> Use and Health that among Americans aged 12 and up nearly 8.4 million  
> were addicted to alcohol and nearly 5 million to other drugs, with  
> about 1.4 million addicted to both alcohol and other drugs.  In this  
> context, addiction meant more than dependency.  It meant the  
> inability to stop.  The article emphasized the role of stress in  
> creating addiction and also family environment/inheritance.
> 
> My question: is the per capita addictions in the USA comparable to  
> that elsewhere or higher or lower?
>