Mental disorder involving the abuse or dependence on a substance that is ingested in order to produce a high, alter one's senses, or otherwise affect functioning

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A couple buy some narcotics from an apothecary whose assistant, Death, works with a pestle and mortar in the back room. Coloured lithograph by J. Grandville.

Hippuric acid crystals

Trauma castle : childhood stories and surviving them / [Billy Bitter].

The politics of addiction : medical conflict and drug dependence in England since the 1960s / Sarah G. Mars.

Addiction trajectories / Eugene Raikhel and William Garriott, editors.

Storming heaven : LSD and the American dream / Jay Stevens.

Teen addiction / Shasta Gaughen, book editor.

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Trauma castle : childhood stories and surviving them / [Billy Bitter].

The politics of addiction : medical conflict and drug dependence in England since the 1960s / Sarah G. Mars.

Addiction trajectories / Eugene Raikhel and William Garriott, editors.

Storming heaven : LSD and the American dream / Jay Stevens.

Teen addiction / Shasta Gaughen, book editor.