Theories on Drug Abuse: Selected Contemporary PerspectivesDepartment of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration, 1980 - Drug abuse - 488 pages |
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... amphetamines , benzodiazepines , and amitriptyline . Sometimes overdosage of these drugs leads to acci- dental or , in reactive depressives , to deliberate suicide . Reference has already been made to the relationship between addiction ...
... amphetamines , benzodiazepines , and amitriptyline . Sometimes overdosage of these drugs leads to acci- dental or , in reactive depressives , to deliberate suicide . Reference has already been made to the relationship between addiction ...
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... amphetamines ( Mayfield and Allen 1967 ) , then why should a binge drinker start drinking again after experiencing horrendous effects from previous binges ? Some alcoholics are sociopaths , and in their case relapse may be explainable ...
... amphetamines ( Mayfield and Allen 1967 ) , then why should a binge drinker start drinking again after experiencing horrendous effects from previous binges ? Some alcoholics are sociopaths , and in their case relapse may be explainable ...
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... amphetamines and other stimulants , and nicotine rank among the most abused substances in the world . There is still some doubt about marijuana , which , if smoked , is rapidly assimilated but has metabolites with very long half - lives ...
... amphetamines and other stimulants , and nicotine rank among the most abused substances in the world . There is still some doubt about marijuana , which , if smoked , is rapidly assimilated but has metabolites with very long half - lives ...
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... amphetamines or barbiturates as drugs of dependency ( Greaves , in press ; Milkman and Frosch 1973 ) . Although I have been one of the contributors to the literature on one's drug of choice as a function of personality variables , my ...
... amphetamines or barbiturates as drugs of dependency ( Greaves , in press ; Milkman and Frosch 1973 ) . Although I have been one of the contributors to the literature on one's drug of choice as a function of personality variables , my ...
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... amphetamines and hypnotics ( including alcohol ) results in the mobilization and expression of aggres- sive and sexual impulses , opiates have the opposite effect . This effect is particularly needed and welcomed in certain individuals ...
... amphetamines and hypnotics ( including alcohol ) results in the mobilization and expression of aggres- sive and sexual impulses , opiates have the opposite effect . This effect is particularly needed and welcomed in certain individuals ...
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