Delineate the Various Types of Drug Tolerance

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Essay

Delineate the various types of drug tolerance. Are they the same? What are their significant differences, and why is tolerance an important consideration in understanding drug use, especially continuing, compulsive use?

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Definitions:

Persons

Human beings considered individually or collectively, often in relation to social or legal contexts.

Bell Curve

A graphical depiction of a normal distribution, where most occurrences take place near the mean and fewer occur as you move away from the mean.

Psychological Characteristics

Attributes of an individual's mental and emotional state that determine their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.

Francis Galton

A 19th-century British polymath who made significant contributions to the fields of psychology, statistics, and eugenics, notably in the areas of heredity and intelligence.