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The term addiction is also sometimes applied to compulsions that are not substance-related, such as problem gambling and computer addiction. In these kinds of common usages, the term addiction is used to describe a recurring [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsive_behavior compulsion] by an individual to engage in some specific activity, despite harmful consequences, as deemed by the user themself to their individual [[health]], mental state, or social life.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addiction]
The term addiction is also sometimes applied to compulsions that are not substance-related, such as problem gambling and computer addiction. In these kinds of common usages, the term addiction is used to describe a recurring [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsive_behavior compulsion] by an individual to engage in some specific activity, despite harmful consequences, as deemed by the user themself to their individual [[health]], mental state, or social life.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addiction]
==See also==
*'''''[[Narcotics]]'''''
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