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... pleasure against pain — and usually , pleasure comes out on top . The reason why people use drugs is that they experience pleasure from their experiences . Anyone painting a horrific view of drug use has to answer one extremely vexing ...
... pleasure against pain — and usually , pleasure comes out on top . The reason why people use drugs is that they experience pleasure from their experiences . Anyone painting a horrific view of drug use has to answer one extremely vexing ...
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... pleasure . It is , more precisely , the capacity to generate intense pleasure without the intervention of learning or other cognitive processes . For the most part , one has to learn to enjoy marijuana ( Becker , 1953 ; Goode , 1970 ...
... pleasure . It is , more precisely , the capacity to generate intense pleasure without the intervention of learning or other cognitive processes . For the most part , one has to learn to enjoy marijuana ( Becker , 1953 ; Goode , 1970 ...
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... pleasure achieved by smoking ; still , they do achieve , if not a true high , then at least a psychic state that is more pleasurable to them than abstinence . Most individuals who engage in a form of behavior have mixed motives for ...
... pleasure achieved by smoking ; still , they do achieve , if not a true high , then at least a psychic state that is more pleasurable to them than abstinence . Most individuals who engage in a form of behavior have mixed motives for ...
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