Talk:Substance abuse

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Cleanup needed..[change source]

In my opinion, this page needs to be reworked:

  • We do not need the section "related pages", all the terms mentioned there should be linked in a section of the article. (We can discuss about linking terms for specific tests for alcoholism)
  • We also do not need a reference there
  • What is missing is the concept that someone who is addicted does not really have a choice. As an example, benzodiazepines are good at calming people down, and making them worry less, but they cause addiction, when they are taken over a longer time period. Addictinion can take different forms, from smoking a cigarette because there's nothing else to do to alcohol withdrawal syndrome, because the personis used to drinking, and didn't get alcohol soon enough.
  • I know it may be overkill, but an image or two may be useful.

What do other people think? Eptalon (talk) 08:23, 10 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]