What We Don’t Know About Substance Use Health Costs Us

CAPSA spends a lot of time busting myths about substance use disorder (“addiction”). For one, we don’t use the term “addiction”—being labelled as an addict literally worsens health outcomes. Second, substance use disorder (SUD) is not a choice. Third, there is no such thing as hitting rock bottom—the suggestion that people have to get sicker before getting help has caused a lot of harm.

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