What is the impact of self-medication and drug addiction on an individual's learning ability?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Lewis v Gibson, 2018 BCSC 1713 (CanLII):
As stated in Fabretti v. Gill, 2014 BCSC 899 at para. 76: … It is axiomatic that chronic pain, efforts at self-medication for reasons such as physical pain or emotional stress and drug addiction are likely to either cause or exacerbate problems in psychological adjustment and learning, and thereby alter an individual's life trajectory.
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