Drug or alcohol addiction definition

Drug or alcohol addiction means that the person has a physical or psychological dependence on drugs or alcohol in a manner not prescribed by a physician.
Drug or alcohol addiction means that the person has a physical or psychological

Related to Drug or alcohol addiction

  • Drug addiction means a disease characterized by a

  • Addiction means a primary, chronic, neurobiologic disease, with genetic, psychosocial, and environmental factors influencing its development and manifestations. It is characterized by behaviors that include the following: impaired control over drug use, craving, compulsive use, and continued use despite harm. Physical dependence and tolerance are normal physiological consequences of extended opioid therapy for pain and are not the same as addiction.

  • Rubbing alcohol means any product containing isopropyl alcohol (also called isopropanol) or denatured ethanol and labeled for topical use, usually to decrease germs in minor cuts and scrapes, to relieve minor muscle aches, as a rubefacient, and for massage.

  • Alcohol means the intoxicating agent in beverage alcohol, ethyl alcohol, or other low molecular weight alcohols including methyl and isopropyl alcohol.

  • Alcoholism means a disease, characterized by a dependency