Addiction is precisely a disease that disrupts the neuronal circuits that enable us to exert free choice, addiction is a disease of the brain. Once addiction takes hold, there is greatly diminished capacity, on one’s own, to stop using.
A recent study from Monitoring the Future found that driving under the influence of alcohol for youth has declined, while drugged driving have increased.
Less kids are using alcohol and tobacco but we still need to improve in helping kids with their depressed feeling, according to the Healthy Youth Survey
