Drug dependence

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• Home>Resources Alcohol and Drug Dependence Is Not a Mental Illness or Behavioral Disorder This policy position paper from the Alcohol and Drug Problems Association of North America discusses alcohol and drug dependence as a primary disease entity distinct from mental disorders.
• Drug dependence is the body's physical need, or addiction, to a specific agent.
• Drug dependence is simply a failure of will or of strength of character Myth 2.
• Drug dependence is caused by a dysfunction in the brain's "pleasure pathway".
• Duncan, on the other hand, asserted that drug use is maintained by positive reinforcement (principally from the pleasurable effects of the drug) but that drug dependence is not.

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