Addiction by definition does cause negative destructive behavior. That's part of the definition. What you're describing is a combination of the psychoactive eff

Addiction by definition does cause negative destructive behavior. That's part of the definition. What you're describing is a combination of the psychoactive effects of it and its withdrawal symptoms. I do agree with you, however. People become addicts due to how our society has criminalized and deregulated drug manufacture and sale and made it extremely hard to teach people how to do properly.