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07-S1011 on Mar 28, 2007

• Addiction is a chronic, relapsing brain disease that is characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use, despite harmful consequences. It is considered a brain disease because drugs change the brain's structure and manner in which it functions. These brain changes can be long lasting, and can lead to the harmful behaviors seen in people who abuse drugs. The disease of addiction affects both brain and behavior, and scientists have identified many of the biological and environmental factors that contribute to the development and progression of the disease.
• The pejorative term 'abuse' used in connection with diseases of addiction has the adverse effect of increasing social stigma and personal shame, both of which are so often barriers to an individual's decision to seek treatment.
• NAME CHANGE: Any reference in any law, regulation, order, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the 'National Institute on Drug Abuse', the 'National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism', the 'National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism', and the 'National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse' shall be deemed to be a reference to the 'National Institute on Diseases of Addiction', the 'National Institute on Alcohol Disorders and Health', the 'National Advisory Council on Alcohol Disorders and Health', and the 'National Advisory Council on Diseases of Addiction', respectively.

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  Participating counts on VoteMatch question 19. Question 19: Never legalize marijuana Scores: -2=Strongly oppose; -1=Oppose; 0=neutral; 1=Support; 2=Strongly support.
  • Topic: Drugs
  • Headline: Rename "Drug Abuse" institute as "Diseases of Addiction" (Score: -1)
  • Headline 2: Rename "Drug Abuse" institute as "Diseases of Addiction" (Score: -2)
    
    
  • Key for participation codes:
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  • Memberships: c=chair; m=member; e=endorsed; f=profiled; s=scored
  • Resolutions: i=introduced; w=wrote; a=adopted
  • Cases: w=wrote; j=joined; d=dissented; c=concurred
  • Surveys: '+' supports; '-' opposes.
  
  
  

  Democrats participating in 07-S1011
  Tom Harkin	s2o	IA Democratic Jr Senator (retiring 2014)
  Patrick Kennedy	s1i	Rhode Island Democrat (until 2010)
  Ted Kennedy	s2o	MA Democratic Senator (until 2009)
  Carl Levin	s2o	MI Democratic Sr Senator (retiring 2014)

  
  
  

  Republicans participating in 07-S1011
  Michael Enzi	s2o	WY Republican Sr Senator
  John Sullivan	s2o	Oklahoma Republican

  
  
  

  Independents participating in 07-S1011
  Joe Biden	s1i	DE Vice President

  
  
  

  Total recorded by OnTheIssues:

  Democrats: 4 Republicans: 2 Independents: 1