So then it's ok to refer to people's choices as infectious, and epidemic, because you see the effects very differently and potentially worse from one addiction to the next? Yeah, habits and addictions are synonyms and the distinction isn't based or interpreted on evidence, physical dependence does form for many habits that release serotonin and depression follows from stopping and not "using".

You think that addiction means you're not responsible for your choices or that you cannot chose even, because drug use is not a choice when you're addicted, something you do involuntarily, like breathing, or sweating. You involuntarily procure the drugs and use them, correct? The fact is that whatever the addiction, it's always a choice, it always begins and it ends with a choice or there wouldn't be any need for support systems and addiction would be the end of control over that area, but it's not.

No, addiction isn't an epidemic, nor could choice be considered epidemic, as if people "just got addicted" when someone stranger bumped into them, and there was no choice, and the media shouldn't fall for the same tactics that were used to start the current and previous FAILED prohibitions. So fuck that fear mongering "THIS IS A REAL PROBLEM" bullshit, in other words, shove that where the sun don't shine and keep it there where such opinions evolve.