http://disqus.com/people/jenzwhiz/enSat, 31 May 2008 10:28:18 -0000http://themoderatevoice.com/media/freedom-of-the-press/18797/blog-till-you-drop-a-deadly-addiction/#comment-562967Decades ago addiction was a pharmacological term that clearly referred to the use of a tolerance-inducing drug in sufficient quantity as to cause tolerance (the requirement that greater dosages of a given drug be used to produce an identical effect as time passes). With that definition, humans (and indeed all mammals) can become addicted to various drugs quickly. Almost at the same time, a lay definition of addiction developed. This definition referred to individuals who continued to use a given drug despite their own best interest. This latter definition is now thought of as a disease state by the medical community. <br><br>__________________<br><a href="http://www.treatmentcenters.org" rel="nofollow">http://www.treatmentcenters.org</a>jenzwhizSat, 31 May 2008 10:28:18 -0000