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Drug abuse and drug dependence represent different ends of the same disease process. Drug abuse is an intense desire to obtain increasing amounts of a particular substance or substances to ... ... Drug Dependence & Abuse Overview...
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The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. (NCADD) provides education, information, help and hope to the public. It advocates prevention, intervention and treatment through offices in New York and Washington, and a nationwide network of Affiliates. ... National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc.;
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Drug abuse can lead to drug dependence or addiction. People who use drugs for pain relief may become dependent, although this is rare in those who don't have a history of addiction. ... The exact cause of drug abuse and dependence is not known. However, a person's genes, the action of the drug, peer pressure,
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Drug addiction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Drug addiction is a pathological condition. The disorder of addiction involves the progression of acute drug use to the development of drug-seeking behavior, the vulnerability to relapse, and the dec...
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Substance dependence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
According to the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV), substance dependence is defined as: Substance dependence can be diagnosed with physiological dependence, evid...
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Brief and Straightforward Guide: What Is Drug Dependence? ... Drug dependence is substance addiction which is the physical and/or psychological need for a drug. When using drugs becomes the focus of a person's life and interferes with his or her ability to cope without the drug, dependence is likely.
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With some drugs (MDMA, or Ecstasy, for example), tolerance is almost immediate, in the sense that most people never recapture the feeling of the original "high," even though they use greater and greater doses. Drug dependence means that a person needs to experience the high of a drug in order to feel OK.
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