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What is the difference between marijuana abuse and dependence?
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Time and criteria: Traditional definition is the prescence of disease that affects in the area of compulsion, craving, unable to cut back, having consequences, and increased use along with dependence and tolerance at mimimum for 1 year # need to be present)for dependence and one for abuse to present.
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