Drug ________ is the need for an increasingly larger dose of a drug in order to produce the same physiological or psychological effect.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
tolerance
Drug tolerance is the need for a larger dose of a drug to produce the same physiological or psychological effect.
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