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Dependence on Psychotropic Drugs and Analgesics in Men and Women

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Alcohol and Drug Problems in Women

Part of the book series: Research Advances in Alcohol and Drug Problems ((AADP,volume 5))

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The consideration of dependence by women on drugs poses two contrasting problems. In regard to the drugs, we need to seek what is common in a field where differences are striking, but in regard to their use by females, we seek to define differences from the male in a field where uniformity is increasing.

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