Addiction is a crisis, not a character flaw: US surgeon general

For the first time, the US surgeon general, Vivek Murthy, released a major report on substance abuse, called "Facing Addiction in America: The Surgeon General's Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health."

What you need to know:

  • For the first time, the US surgeon general, Vivek Murthy, released a major report on substance abuse, called "Facing Addiction in America: The Surgeon General's Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health."
  • The report "aims to shift the way our society thinks about substance misuse and substance-use disorders," Murthy said.