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by loeg 850 days ago
A necessary component of addiction as a disease is harm. Without that, the rest doesn’t matter.
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>A necessary component of addiction as a disease is harm.

That really widens the basket.

In a case like this I tend to focus on toxiciity alone, whether it is apparent or not, that is one of the known things that can creep up on you and do irreparable damage.