Do All Americans Consider Addiction a Disease? Addiction has always been a debatable subject but, have you as Americans ever wondered why some Americans consider addiction a disease and why others do not? Stated by Merriam-Webster, “A condition of the living animal or plant body or of one of its parts that impairs normal functioning and is typically manifested by distinguishing signs and symptoms” (1). According to Clean Slate, “In a true disease, some part of the body is in a state of abnormal physiological functioning, and this causes the undesirable symptoms” (1). Someone with a disease cannot help that he or she is diagnosed with the disease, it is uncontrollable most of the time or is controlled with a medication. Even though there are
