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Addiction Related Problem Analysis

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An alarming amount of costs are presented to both the community and misusers because of substance addiction-related problems. Also, most misusers have addiction-related health consequences alongside their addiction disorder. Michael T. French Ph.D, Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences at University of Miami, researches substance abuse said, “In a recent study of hospital costs for Medicaid patients, burn victims with a substance abuse comorbidity experience hospital stays twice the length of those of burn victims with no substance-abuse problems” (French 893). Not only is the overall cost of treatment more costly for misusers, but the lengthy hospital stays mean, they needed additional treatment for addiction related issues

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