DrugBuyers.Com: Dependance is NOT addiction

Personally, I HATE the words "addiction", "dependence" and "abuse". There is a WORLD of difference between abuse and dependence... there is a world of difference between the need to use a medication to be able to do something you otherwise would be limited from doing and "dependence". I think, depending on how one defines "addiction" and "dependence" makes all the difference in the world. Whereas a definition from ole Websters as well as the medical dictionary sitting on my desk would make the two "dependence/addiction" out to be one in the same... I don't consider the need to use a medication to do normal every day activities dependence... that's why I hate those words. People get very heated on this discussion and there is often a lack of understanding from what one poster says to the next... but I think it comes down to getting rid of the word "dependence" and adding the new phrase, "a need for medication to perform activities one would otherwise not be able to do." Just for the mere fact that it erases dictionary stereotypes and definitions and clears up the intent behind delivery. I do not consider a need to use a medication to perform activities one would otherwise not be able to do an addiction- nor do I consider that a dependence... it is most definitely not abuse.

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Edited by Greycie (08/11/04 11:07 AM)