It has become impossible in practice, and is scientifically unsound, to maintain a single definition
for all forms of drug addiction and/or habituation. A feature common to these conditions …

The effect of mescaline and of 7 mescaline analogs (3,4-dimethoxy-β-phenylethylamine; 3,4-methylenedioxy-β-phenylethylamine;
3,4-methylenedioxy-α-methyl-β-phenylethylamine; 3,4…

The complexities of drug dependence as a scientific, medical, and social problem are so
great that the pharmacological and psychological principles, common to all forms of drug …

A technique is presented, and its advantages and limitations described, whereby the von
Frey hairs are utilized in establishing the average pain threshold on five sensitive face spots. …

SINCE PHYSICIANS are rarely semanticists, many common terms have been endowed with
specific medical or scientific connotations through the process of unfortunate selection, …

They state that" Becauseof the resemblance of symptoms occurring on withdrawal of either
alcohol or the opiates, it seems possible that the ad-dictions may be similar and that the real …

Methods. Mongrel dogs of both sexes were employed for these studies. Gut motility was
recorded kymographically by means of air-filled rubber condom balloons connected with …

HE term addiction, when applied to the syndrome resulting from T the prolonged use of
morphine and its congeners in man, by coinmon usage involves three principal components, …

" 1. Pamaquine, pentaquine, and isopentaquine chronically administered to dogs produce
impairment of sympathetic cardiovascular reflexes, but not of parasympathetic or respiratory …

Patterns of drug abuse in the United States have undergone significant changes since World
War II. A prominent feature has been a shift from alcohol and heroin to the barbiturates, …