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Addiction: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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The opening to the HBO documentary named “Addiction,” gives us a brief understanding to what the film will be based on, substance addiction. It goes in depth into understanding how addiction is a real medical condition, that is being understood and treated as a brain disease. It also tells us that it is associated with “The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation,” a foundation that is only for the use of the public’s health. The documentary is also presented by “The National Institute on Drug Abuse and The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.” However within the first five minutes of this film, three medical professionals, each stated a statement that caught my attention. The first was Mark Willenbring, M.D. who is the director

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