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The chart comparing depndence with physical harm seems questionable. For example, anabolic steriods are said to have a degree of dependance, and LSD is said to have a degree of physical harm greater than that of extacy. It also shows the level of dependance for Marijuana and Amphetamenes to be roughly equal.
A scale was developed to compare the harm and dependence liability of 20 drugs. [80] The scale uses a rating of zero to three to rate physical dependence, psychological dependence, and pleasure to create a mean score for dependence. [80] Selected results can be seen in the chart below. Heroin and morphine both scored highest, at 3.0. [80]
Drug misuse, drug abuse, substance use disorder, substance misuse disorder: A 2007 assessment of harm from recreational drug use (mean physical harm and mean dependence liability) [1] Specialty: Psychiatry: Complications: Drug overdose: Frequency: 27 million [2] [3] Deaths: 1,106,000 US residents (1968–2020) [4]
Abuse or addiction liability is the tendency to use drugs in a non-medical situation. This is typically for euphoria, mood changing, or sedation. [172] Abuse liability is used when the person using the drugs wants something that they otherwise can not obtain. The only way to obtain this is through the use of drugs.
Acute toxicity of drugs versus regulatory status. In J. M. Fish (Ed.),Drugs and Society: U.S. Public Policy, pp.149-162, Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. Also published at Professor Gable's faculty page. This chart contains the same information as File:Drug_safety_and_dependence.png except the X-axis is inverted.
For general use and/or countries not specified within template. Example 'Available over-the-counter'; OR 'Prescription drug' String: suggested: dependency_liability: dependency_liability: no description. Unknown: optional: addiction_liability: addiction_liability: no description. Unknown: optional: routes_of_administration: routes_of_administration
Chart of drug dependence potential and relationship between use and lethal dose [33] Chart of relative harmfulness of some psychoactive substances [32] Drug harmfulness is defined as the degree to which a psychoactive drug has the potential to cause harm to the user and is measured in several ways, such as by addictiveness and the potential for ...
Substance dependence, also known as drug dependence, is a biopsychological situation whereby an individual's functionality is dependent on the necessitated re-consumption of a psychoactive substance because of an adaptive state that has developed within the individual from psychoactive substance consumption that results in the experience of withdrawal and that necessitates the re-consumption ...