[Steely Tom]

Defense attorneys put a psychologist on the stand who testified Couch was a product of wealth and got whatever he wanted.

This all started with that "alcoholism is a disease" stuff back in the mid-60s.

Thanks to ObamaCare, what is a disease, and what is the correct federally-funded treatment protocol for new federally-recognized "diseases," is going to get real interesting. All under control of unelected bureaucrats, too!

[Lizavetta]

Thanks to ObamaCare, what is a disease, and what is the correct federally-funded treatment protocol for new federally-recognized "diseases," is going to get real interesting.

That, and what is defined as "addiction."

Any bad habit, vice, predilection, distraction, etc. that takes up a lot of your time to the detriment of other things you should be doing is now an "addiction." Utter BS.

[Mark17]

This all started with that "alcoholism is a disease" stuff back in the mid-60s.

I don't know what a lot of people think, but I never thought that alcoholism was a disease.

[headstamp 2]

“This all started with that “alcoholism is a disease” stuff back in the mid-60s.”

I always thought by doing this it relieved the alcoholic of the responsibility for his actions.

It is an addiction that needs to be dealt with on that basis.

Cancer is a disease.