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Of the nation’s 2.3 million prison inmates, more than half – 65 percent or 1.5 million – meet the medical criteria for substance use disorder and addiction, reports the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse.
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It's time to change how we view addiction, said Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, coming on the heels of his historic report on Alcohol, Drugs and Health.