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The Assessment of the Abuse Potentiality of Sedative/Hypnotics (Depressants) (Methods Used in Animals and Man)

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Drug Addiction I

Abstract

In 1964, the WHO Expert Committee on Addiction-Producing Drugs recommended substitution of the term “drug dependence” for the terms “drug addiction” and “drug habituation.” The WHO Scientific Group (1964) endorsed this recommendation.

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    William R. Martin M.D.

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Fraser, H.F., Jasinski, D.R. (1977). The Assessment of the Abuse Potentiality of Sedative/Hypnotics (Depressants) (Methods Used in Animals and Man). In: Martin, W.R. (eds) Drug Addiction I. Handbuch der experimentellen Pharmakologie / Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, vol 45 / 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66612-4_9

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