25 min
Episode 48: Addiction The Agenda Podcast
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- News Commentary
In the past, addicts were considered weak-willed but now the medical profession is starting to treat addiction as a disease. Also, as times change, the kinds of things we become addicted to change too, as does the number of people who fall victim to addiction.In this episode of the Agenda podcast we look at why people become addicts and the approaches different countries and cultures have to treating addiction. First we talk to Alexis Goosdeel, director of the European Monitoring Center...
In the past, addicts were considered weak-willed but now the medical profession is starting to treat addiction as a disease. Also, as times change, the kinds of things we become addicted to change too, as does the number of people who fall victim to addiction.In this episode of the Agenda podcast we look at why people become addicts and the approaches different countries and cultures have to treating addiction. First we talk to Alexis Goosdeel, director of the European Monitoring Center...
25 min