Addiction Quote by Patrick J. Kennedy

We need to start treating addiction like the chronic disease that it is.

— Doug Burgum

Many doctors are stuck in the idea that addiction is a choice, and they don't treat that.

— David Sheff

Addiction isn't about using drugs. It's about what the drug does to your life.

— Enock Maregesi

Addiction is a serious desease; it will end with jail, mental institutions, or death.

— Russell Brand

Drug addiction is tearing our communities and our country apart, and until we decide we're going to think differently about it, until we decide…

— Vivek Murthy

Addiction is a disease, just like diabetes and heart disease.

— Leana S. Wen

The idea that addiction is somehow a psychological illness is, I think, totally ridiculous. It's as psychological as malaria. It's a matter of exposure.…

— William S. Burroughs

Addiction is a disease like anything else. It's like cancer, like heart disease, like diabetes.

— David Sheff

I think we need to educate our doctors about addiction.

— Matthew Perry

Addictions and mental disorders are like a disease, and they need treatment.

— Syesha Mercado

“Day after day, more and more medications are prescribed for depression and addiction, assuming that these things run in our blood, when really they…

— Vironika Tugaleva

Addiction is a disease of exposure. Doctors and nurses, for instance, have a high addiction rate.

— William S. Burroughs