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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Page 46
... psychological dependence as useful a concept or as powerful a predictor of what happens to organisms under certain conditions as our classic conception of addiction ? Is the concept of drug dependence no more meaning- ful than admitting ...
... psychological dependence as useful a concept or as powerful a predictor of what happens to organisms under certain conditions as our classic conception of addiction ? Is the concept of drug dependence no more meaning- ful than admitting ...
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... psychological dependence and addiction - physical dependence- are two separate and to some degree independent phenomena . That is , someone , or an organism , a laboratory animal , can be psychologically dependent on a given drug with ...
... psychological dependence and addiction - physical dependence- are two separate and to some degree independent phenomena . That is , someone , or an organism , a laboratory animal , can be psychologically dependent on a given drug with ...
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... psychological dependence ( see the essays in Blane and Leonard , 1987 ) : Someone is an alcoholic if he or she " needs " alcohol psychologically , cannot function without it , and suffers extreme discomfort and anxiety if deprived of it ...
... psychological dependence ( see the essays in Blane and Leonard , 1987 ) : Someone is an alcoholic if he or she " needs " alcohol psychologically , cannot function without it , and suffers extreme discomfort and anxiety if deprived of it ...
Contents
Prologue | 1 |
POTENTIAL VERSUS REALLIFE EFFECTS | 7 |
A DOZEN PRINCIPLES OF CLEAR THINKING ABOUT DRUGS | 13 |
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