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Alcohol Is One Of The 5 Most Addictive Substances On The Planet

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Alcohol Is One Of The 5 Most Addictive Substances On The Planet

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Ranking drugs based on how addictive they are is tough work, since we all react differently to distinct substances. Nevertheless, a group of addiction experts including specialists from the Royal College of Psychiatrists as well as chemists, forensic scientists, and pharmacologists recently took a stab, and published their ranking in the journal The Lancet.

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