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addiction: see drug addiction and drug abuse drug addiction and drug abuse, chronic or habitual use of any chemical substance to alter states of body or mind for other than medically warranted purposes. ..... Click the link for more information. . addiction [ə′dik·shən] (medicine) Habituation to a specific practice, such as drinking alcoholic beverages or using drugs. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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unconscionable that the Russian government is doing almost nothing to
counteract this phenomenon, nothing to curb corporate greed, nothing to
truly educate people about the addictiveness or health dangers of
smoking.
Today, over 50,000 organizations and 3 million subscribers count on
BlackBerry, dubbed 'crackberry' for its addictiveness, to
receive and deliver email messages on the spot. Although cocaine, whether snorted or smoked, was never as powerful
as its press implied, that did not stop it from becoming a new
touchstone of addictiveness. |
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