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Defining Drug Dependence and Abuse

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Psychic Dependence

Part of the book series: Bayer-Symposium ((BAYER-SYMP,volume 4))

Abstract

This symposium should, I believe, clarify how the biological sciences can contribute towards an appreciation of those intrinsic properties of a substance which when acting upon a human individual will bring about a behavioural disorder commonly described as addictive behaviour, the subject of the first paper presented here.

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  1. 4126, Bettingen Basel, Switzerland, Brunnengasse 6

    Prof. Dr. H. Halbach

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  1. Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 60, Sweden

    Leonard Goldberg (Professor of Research on Alcohol and Analgesics) (Professor of Research on Alcohol and Analgesics)

  2. Vorstand des Instituts für Pharmakologie, Bayer AG, Friedrich-Ebert-Str. 217, 56 Wuppertal 1, W. Germany

    Friedrich Hoffmeister

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Halbach, H. (1973). Defining Drug Dependence and Abuse. In: Goldberg, L., Hoffmeister, F. (eds) Psychic Dependence. Bayer-Symposium, vol 4. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-87987-6_5

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