A member asked:

Are all drugs addictive?

3 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Dr. Vasu Brown answered

Specializes in Integrative Medicine

Addiction definition: People can become psychologically dependent on any drug – or anything else for that matter. This means that the person using drugs feels they cannot cope or face the world unless they are under the influence of drugs. In contrast people can only become physically dependent on certain drugs. Physical dependency results from the repeated, heavy use of drugs like heroin, tranquillisers and alcohol.

Answered 3/4/2014

6.1k views

Thank
Dr. Marianna Post answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Depends: If you are talking about narcotics than yes. They all are addictive more or less.

Answered 11/10/2020

5.5k views

Thank

Related Questions

A member asked:

Are there any anxiety drugs that are not addictive?

3 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

A member asked:

Is weed considered a physical or mentally addictive drug?

A doctor has provided 1 answer