1011) will change the name of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to National Institute on Diseases of Addiction, and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) to the National Institute on Alcohol Disorders and Health.

“Addiction is a neurobiological disease – not a lifestyle choice – and it’s about duration we start treating it as such,” said Sen. Biden. Biden’s legislation (S. “We must lead by example

and change the names of our Federal research institutes to accurately reflect that reality. By changing the way we talk about addiction, we change the way folks think about addiction, both of which are critical steps in getting past the social stigma too often associated with the disease.”

Senator Biden proposes removing the unlucky term “abuse” from federal addiction agencies:

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Original post by Jason Schwartz

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