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Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly Volume 29, 2011 - Issue 3
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COMMENTARY

Alcohol/Drug/Substance “Abuse”: The History and (Hopeful) Demise of a Pernicious Label

William L. White Chestnut Health Systems, Bloomington, Illinois, USA
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John F. Kelly Center for Addiction Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Pages 317-321 | Published online: 26 Jul 2011
 
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Abstract

This commentary argues that the term abuse should not be used in describing problems with alcohol or other drugs.

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This commentary is dedicated to Mark Keller, James Royce, Mel Schulstad, Neil Scott, and other addiction professionals and recovery advocates who for years have been calling for the field to abandon the abuse language. Reprinted from www.williamwhitepapers.com with permission of the authors.

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