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April 13th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda FRIDAY, April 13 (HealthDay News) — People are more likely to
disapprove of and avoid substance abusers than those who smoke or are
obese, according to a new study.
Participants were presented with six fictitious scenarios about a
person who either abused substances such as alcohol or drugs, smoked, or
was obese.
“Specifically, participants rated their willingness for the individual
in the fictitious scenario to marry into their family, be friends,
socialize, work on a job, be a neighbor, and have one’s child date,” study
author Lindsay Phillips, an assistant professor of psychology at Albright
College in Reading, Pa., said in a college news release.
As expected, “people who were actively using substances were the most
highly stigmatized group, receiving a high level of reported intention to
be socially distant from the individual,” Phillips said.
The results support previous research that found substance abusers were
more stigmatized than people with depression or schizophrenia. However,
this new study also found that even former substance abusers still face
high levels of social scorn.
“Although being in remission results in substantially less stigma for
smoking and obesity, stigma is only slightly decreased for individuals in
remission from substance use,” Phillips said.
The findings are troubling because past studies have suggested that
stigma can discourage substance abusers from seeking help and make them
believe that they can’t change their ways, Phillips said.
The study is published online in the Journal of Substance
Use.
More information
The U.S. National Institutes of Health has more about substance abuse.
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