Re:The world is facing a coffee deficit
by nebari on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @07:13PM
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Isn't that the primary difference between an addiction and a dependency? Something can be done/used regularly that would be considered a dependency (e.g., coffee), but only elevates to addiction-level severity when said behaviour becomes problematic.
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Yes. E.g. https://www.hss.edu/conditions_understanding-addiction-versu...
Which makes you wonder how much drug use would be merely 'dependence' if we had free and easy access. I suspect it is a drug-by-drug case, depending on length of trip, relative incapacitation, physical dependencies (/withdrawal), rate of tolerance increase, etc.