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The primary feature of addiction is dependence as an individual shows increased psychological and physiological dependence on the substance he is addicted to and without the addictive substance the person is unable to return to normal life.
Performed in a hospital intensive care unit, the Waismann Method of Opiate Detoxification utilizes careful administration of medications to reverse the physiological dependence on opiates while the symptoms of withdrawal are addressed.
Alcohol dependence can be broadly divided into physiological dependence and psychological dependence.
 
 
 
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