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The Problems of Opioid and Other Drug Dependencies

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Abuse of and dependencies on drugs of all sorts (notably alcohol, cannabis, sedatives, stimulants, and tobacco), though varying in kind and in degree, are worldwide. For a sampling of drug problems through the world, the reader is referred to Peterson (1978) and to Austin et al. (1978). This chapter is concerned with problems of opioid and other drug dependencies in the United States.

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