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Supersensitivity and Dependence

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In this article, based on a contribution to the Symposium on the Scientific Basis of Drug Dependence, London, April 1968, two theories of drug dependence are discussed.

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COLLIER, H. Supersensitivity and Dependence. Nature 220, 228–231 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/220228a0

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