Some 50 years ago, the world-renown psychiatrist and Nazi concentration camp survivor, Dr. Viktor Frankl, called attention to three major societal ills: aggression, addiction, and depression.
Those who have been traumatized carry internal wounds that can result in flashes of anger and pain that can prevent reconciliation and cause a variety of other societal problems, like addictions and domestic violence.
Drug addiction is a societal problem, not a war, and making it a war only feeds the problem, creating billions of dollars in illicit gains to pay off police and government officials.
According to Dr Michael Miller, a board-accredited general and addiction psychiatrist, our societal understanding of addiction is that if it's physical, it's a disease.
According to Dr. Michael Miller, a board-accredited general and addiction psychiatrist, our societal understanding of addiction is that if it's physical, it's a disease.
Chou himself has written lyrics for many ballads, but has also discussed societal ills such as drug addiction in "Coward" and loss of the rural countryside to urbanization in "Terrace fields".
To the Editor: David Brooks's thoughts regarding the social and societal lessons to be learned from addiction recovery cast an important and illustrative light on an often stigmatized disease.
According to Judith S. Kaye, the state's chief judge, the training held at the institute will focus on "pressing societal issues such as domestic violence, drug addiction, juvenile crime and environmental abuses".
Arguably, such drug and addiction policy will not reflect societal conditions that may improve the situation for people in the risk zone for problematic alcohol consumption or drug use.
