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TABLE 3.3 Factors That Are Correlated with Drug Dependence


Individual Factors
  • Pharmacological effects of the drug

  • Gender

  • Age

  • Genetic factors

  • Individual risk-taking propensities

  • Prior drug use
Environmental Factors
  • Availability of the drug

  • Acceptance of use of that drug in society

  • Balance of social reinforcements and of punishments for use

  • Balance of social reinforcements and of punishments for abstinence


    SOURCE: Crowley and Rhine (1985).32