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HABIT-FORMING DRUG [2 records]

Record 1 - external organization data 2019-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC)

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
DEF

... one which produces habituation (habit) but not addiction when used continuously at about the usual therapeutic dose level.

OBS

... the term "habit-forming drug" (along with "addiction-producing drug") should now give place to "dependence-producing drug".

OBS

HOHEA: Hogarth, J. Glossary of health care terminology. Copenhagen, WHO Regional Office for Europe, 1978. (Public Health in Europe, No. 4).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Drogues et toxicomanie

Spanish

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