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PSYCHOLOGICAL DEPENDENCE<br />

and ADDICTION<br />

Inturrisi C, Hanks G. Oxford Textbook of <strong>Palliative</strong> Medicine 1993: Chapter 4.2.3<br />

A pattern of drug use characterized by<br />

a continued craving for an opioid<br />

which is manifest as compulsive drugseeking<br />

behaviour leading to an<br />

overwhelming involvement in the use<br />

and procurement of the drug<br />

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