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Biological Components of Substance Abuse and Addiction

Biological Components of Substance Abuse and Addiction

Paperback

Addiction & RecoveryGeneral Psychology

ISBN10: 1410216861
ISBN13: 9781410216861
Publisher: Intl Law & Taxation Publ
Published: Sep 16 2004
Pages: 72
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.15 Width: 8.25 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Substance abuse and addiction are complex phenomena that defy simple explanation or description. A tangled interaction of factors contributes to an individual's experimentation with, use, and perhaps subsequent abuse of drugs. Regardless of the mix of contributing factors, the actions and effects exerted by drugs of abuse underlie all substance abuse and addiction. In order to understand substance abuse and addiction it is first necessary to understand how drugs work in the brain, why certain drugs have the potential for being abused, and what, if any, biological differences exist between individuals in their susceptibility to abuse drugs. This background paper describes biological contributing factors to substance abuse and addiction.

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