| THE ONTARIO LAWYERS’ ASSISTANCE PROGRAM Drug Addiction You may be hooked emotionally and psychologically. You may have physical dependence, too. If you have a drug addiction – whether to a legal or illegal drug – you have intense cravings for it. You want to use the drug again and again. When you stop taking it, you may have unpleasant physical reactions. While not everyone who uses drugs becomes addicted, many people do. Drug addiction involves compulsively seeking to use a substance, regardless of the potentially negative social, psychological and physical consequences. Certain drugs, such as narcotics and cocaine, are more likely to cause physical dependence than are other drugs. Breaking a drug addiction is difficult, but not impossible. Support from your doctor, family, friends and others who have a drug addiction, as well as inpatient or outpatient drug treatment, may help you beat your drug dependence.
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