U.S. Surgeon General on Twitter: "The #stigma around addiction can be as dangerous as drug overdoses! Addiction is a disease-NOT a moral failing. It is critical we treat it as such & educate others. Read my #SpotlightOnOpioids & get the facts about addiction & its impact on the brain. https://t.co/jnAoSeK0nk… https://t.co/7m6s1rdRJP"

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The #stigma around addiction can be as dangerous as drug overdoses! Addiction is a disease-NOT a moral failing. It is critical we treat it as such & educate others. Read my #SpotlightOnOpioids & get the facts about addiction & its impact on the brain. http://addiction.surgeongeneral.gov pic.twitter.com/elKxPsB5HN

8:47 AM - 3 Oct 2019

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1. Sergio A. Ortiz ‏ @Saore 3 Oct 2019
  Replying to @Surgeon_General @DeptSaludPR
  
  Funny that we attach MORAL FAILURE TO a drug lord for distributing additive drugs to the population but we treat the distribution of these drugs by doctors as something other than moral FAILURE
  
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1. Dangerfield‏ @medicated_cajun 3 Oct 2019
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  Addiction is a chemical imbalance of the brain and cannabis is the best way to balance things out naturally. #OpioidCrisisPosterchild . #CannabisSavesLives .https://www.rxleaf.com/powerful-story-crushing-opioid-dependency-cannabis/ …
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1. Eric Sivebk, MD‏ @Ericsivebk 3 Oct 2019
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  How I wish I could be a part of this program . The awareness and education is so important and I wish more people could understand that we need to work together to help them and not stigmatize them . Great work Sir @Surgeon_General
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1. Alcohol Awareness‏ @fscarfe 5 Oct 2019
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  #alcoholawareness Alcohol a toxic group 1 carcinogen is the most harmful drug in America, and it's not even close-National Alcohol strategy is top priority
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1. miryam‏ @miryam62489799 5 Oct 2019
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  And taking pain medicine also does not mean someone is an addict.
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1. MiMi‏ @buck_shirley 9 Oct 2019
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  I'm still waiting on you to help us legitimate pain pts. You stated in an earlier Tweet how you understood & it was an issue, yet as w anyone who's employed by the U.S. Gov't we never hear back. I'm speaking of Senators, Governors, Congressman, etc.
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1. universe all under one‏ @under_universe 3 Oct 2019
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  but isnt it more to do with endorphins stimulants .addiction is created by endorphins ... like coffe makes ppl happy in the morning because they enoy it which is endorphins
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