Drugs in American SocietyThis edition probes the drug phenomenon in all its social, cultural and legal complexity. It covers the full range of psychoactive drug use, from legal medical and prescription use to criminal, recreational use, from casual use to addiction. |
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... dependence is a powerful concept . With a great deal of accuracy , it predicts what will happen to an organism that ... physical addiction and psychological dependence . To put things another way , the fact that one drug is physically ...
... dependence is a powerful concept . With a great deal of accuracy , it predicts what will happen to an organism that ... physical addiction and psychological dependence . To put things another way , the fact that one drug is physically ...
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... addiction - and not the need to avoid the agonies of withdrawal ( Ray and Ksir , 1996 , p . 42 ) . Taking a highly reinforcing or intensely pleasurable drug over a period of time does not necessarily lead to physical addiction or ...
... addiction - and not the need to avoid the agonies of withdrawal ( Ray and Ksir , 1996 , p . 42 ) . Taking a highly reinforcing or intensely pleasurable drug over a period of time does not necessarily lead to physical addiction or ...
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... physical dependency . Indeed , physical dependence is not even a necessary mechanism for the proponents of the theory of positive reinforcement . What is referred to as addiction is simply an end point along a continuum and indicates ...
... physical dependency . Indeed , physical dependence is not even a necessary mechanism for the proponents of the theory of positive reinforcement . What is referred to as addiction is simply an end point along a continuum and indicates ...
Contents
Prologue | 1 |
POTENTIAL VERSUS REALLIFE EFFECTS | 7 |
A DOZEN PRINCIPLES OF CLEAR THINKING ABOUT DRUGS | 13 |
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