Many people do not understand why individuals become addicted to drugs or how drugs change the brain to promote irrational drug abuse. They consider drug abuse and addiction as strictly a social evil and may characterize those who take drugs as morally weak.

One school of thought is that, drug abusers should be able to just stop taking drugs if they are only willing to change their behavior. What people misjudge is the complexity of drug addiction. It is a disease that affects the brain and due to this reason, stopping drug abuse is not simply a matter of willpower.

The general intention of drug rehab is to facilitate the patient to cease substance abuse and successful treatment for restoration of productive lives by using scientific techniques.

Addiction

Addiction is a chronic condition, often relapsing brain disease that causes compulsive drug seeking and use, despite harmful consequences to the individual that is addicted and to those around them. Drug addiction is a brain disease because the drug abuse brings structural and functional changes in it.

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