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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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| The thing about smoking ice is it's much more
addictive and a lot of young people are naive to the addictive tendency
of ice,' McKetin said (Australian 27/9/06, p. The addictive ingredient in those cigarettes in the schoolyard
could prep the brain for reliance on illicit drugs, say researchers
working with adolescent rats. If they are addictive, why are states sponsoring
them? |
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