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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... evidence supporting the existence of personality predispositions for which narcotic drugs have adjustive value , the very logic of this proposition itself is com- pelling . How else could one explain why , in a given urban slum ...
... evidence supporting the existence of personality predispositions for which narcotic drugs have adjustive value , the very logic of this proposition itself is com- pelling . How else could one explain why , in a given urban slum ...
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... evidence for a genetic factor in alcoholism is the evidence that alcoholism strongly runs in families ( Cotton 1979 ) . This , combined with findings from twin and adoption studies , at least suggests the possibility of a hereditary ...
... evidence for a genetic factor in alcoholism is the evidence that alcoholism strongly runs in families ( Cotton 1979 ) . This , combined with findings from twin and adoption studies , at least suggests the possibility of a hereditary ...
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... evidence also suggests that more Jews than non - Jews have adverse physical reactions to modest amounts of alcohol , which may contribute to the low prevalence of alcoholism among Jews . It is obviously essential to be able to drink ...
... evidence also suggests that more Jews than non - Jews have adverse physical reactions to modest amounts of alcohol , which may contribute to the low prevalence of alcoholism among Jews . It is obviously essential to be able to drink ...
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... evidence that ordinal birth position influences who becomes alcoholic ( Barry et al . 1969 ) . A host of other psychological and social modifiers have been described in the alcoholism literature ; few would dispute the importance of ...
... evidence that ordinal birth position influences who becomes alcoholic ( Barry et al . 1969 ) . A host of other psychological and social modifiers have been described in the alcoholism literature ; few would dispute the importance of ...
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... evidence strong that many who do have an initial experience with a particular drug do not become con- tinual users , and that many who become continual users do not become addicts . Hence , the causes for each stage may be different ...
... evidence strong that many who do have an initial experience with a particular drug do not become con- tinual users , and that many who become continual users do not become addicts . Hence , the causes for each stage may be different ...
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