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What is physiological dependance?
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physiological dependance is a state of the body due to habitual drug use and which results in a withdrawal syndrome when use of the drug is reduced or stopped.
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What is psychological dependance?
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psychological dependance is a compulsion to continue taking a drug because its use is rewarding
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What is addiction?
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A disorder in which an individual takes a substance or engages in a behavior that is pleasurable but eventually becomes compulsive with harmful consequences. Marked by physiological and/or psychological dependance, tolerance or withdrawal
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Tolerance
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A reduction in response to a drug, so that the addicted individual needs more to get the same effect.
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