|
KMID : 1037820130020010031
|
|
Journal of Pain and Autonomic Disorders
2013 Volume.2 No. 1 p.31 ~ p.41
|
|
|
Drug Abuse and Dependence
|
|
Lee Dong-Kuck
|
|
|
Abstract
|
|
|
|
There are two kinds of drug dependence. Psychic dependence leads to craving and drug-seeking behavior. Physical dependence produces somatic withdrawal symptoms and signs. Depending on the particular drug and the circumstances of its administration, psychic and physical dependence can coexist or occur alone. Addiction is psychic dependence. Drug addiction is defined as compulsive substance use despite serious negative consequences. Harmful drug use and addiction are significant contributors to medical morbidity and mortality both directly as a result of the toxic effects of abused drugs and indirectly through accidents, violence, nonsterile needle use, and other health hazards. By far the greatest contributors to illness and death are the widely used legal drugs, tobacco and alcohol, although illegal addictive drugs and abused prescription drugs also exact a significant toll. In addition, addiction creates enormous burdens on society by impairing the function of the addicted person in multiple life roles, disrupting families and neighborhoods, and motivating crime.
|
|
|
KEYWORD
|
|
|
Drug dependence, Addiction, Abuse
|
|
|
FullTexts / Linksout information
|
|
|
|
|
|
Listed journal information
|
|
|
|
|