It was also addictive, since the speculative profits of trade and capital creation were quite large.

But Freeciv was already playable and addictive enough to pick up other students as players, bugfixers and feature extenders.

In the epilogue to his novel The Devils of Loudon published earlier that year, Huxley had written that drugs were “ toxic short cuts to self-transcendence ” For the Canadian writer George Woodcock, Huxley had changed his opinion because mescaline was not addictive and appeared to be without unpleasant physical or mental side-effects, further he had found that hypnosis, autohypnosis and meditation had apparently failed to produce the results he wanted.

Eurogamer said the game was " still as playable, addictive and maddening as it was back in 1990 " but criticized Nintendo for re-releasing classic games as standalone titles in the Classic NES Series instead of as a compilation, like Atari's Atari Anthology or Midway's Midway Arcade Treasures.

Their goal was to create a children's television show that would " master the addictive qualities of television and do something good with them ", such as helping young children prepare for school.

It was praised for its simple yet addictive gameplay.

The stunt was conceived by Peter DeBenardi, who wanted to discourage youth from following in his path of addictive drug use.

Peter was also trying to leave a legacy and discourage his son Kyle Lahey DeBernardi ( age 2 ) from using addictive drugs.

The industry was found to have decades of internal memos confirming in detail that tobacco ( which contains nicotine ) is both addictive and carcinogenic ( cancer-causing ).

These products became illegal in most countries outside of South America in the early 20th century, after the addictive nature of cocaine was widely recognized.

In fact, little knowledge about cannabis was generalized, with many likening its effects to those produced by opium, and also considered to be immensely addictive in similar levels.

Jeffrey Wigand was motivated by conscience to expose the Big Tobacco scandal, revealing that executives of the companies knew that cigarettes were addictive and approved the addition of carcinogenic ingredients to the cigarettes.

The game's audio was also well-received: the music was praised for its inclusion of the " James Bond Theme " and " addictive " tunes based on the GoldenEye film's score.

The gameplay was deemed " addictive ", with the variety of weapons and modes of transport being particular highlights.

A report by the UK government's drug strategy unit that was subsequently leaked to the press, stated that due to the expensive price of highly addictive drugs heroin and cocaine, that drug use was responsible for the great majority of crime, including 85 % for shoplifting, 70-80 % of burglaries and 54 % of robberies.

According to Tom Perchard, a Morgan biographer, it was Blakey who introduced the trumpeter to heroin, an addictive drug that impeded his career trajectory.

At this point, he was already using addictive narcotics.

Their goal was to create a children's television show that would " master the addictive qualities of television and do something good with them ", such as helping young children prepare for school.

He had been through a dental procedure in which an addictive sedative, Valium, was used ; this caused him to relapse, and he once again became dependent on drugs after five years of sobriety.

This action came during a time when the United States Drug Enforcement Administration ( DEA ) was not fully pursuing cocaine, and viewed the drug as less critical than heroin, at one point releasing a report stating of cocaine " it is not physically addictive ... and does not usually result in serious consequences, such as crime, hospital emergency room admissions or both.

For example, in 1994, he forced the chief executives of the seven major tobacco companies to swear under oath that nicotine was not addictive.

The theme's dynamics between dark and light was lauded by GamePro, along with the " simple, quirky, and ridiculously addictive " multiplayer mode.

He was well rid of her.

He certainly didn't want a wife who was fickle as Ann.

But all of this was rationalization.

The easiest thing would be to sell out to Al Budd and leave the country, but there was a stubborn streak in him that wouldn't allow it.

The best antidote for the bitterness and disappointment that poisoned him was hard work.

He found that if he was tired enough at night, he went to sleep simply because he was too exhausted to stay awake.

each day the hurt was a little duller, a little less poignant.

Because the summer was unusually dry and hot, the spring produced a smaller stream than in ordinary years.

The grass in the meadows came fast, now that the warm weather was here.

When they were closer and he saw that one was a woman, he was more puzzled than ever.

They were dirty, their clothes were torn, and the girl was so exhausted that she fell when she was still twenty feet from the front door.

Morgan hesitated, thinking that if this was a trick, it was a good one.

He didn't think it was possible for this couple to be pretending.

Her face was very thin, and burned by the sun until much of the skin was dead and peeling, the new skin under it red and angry.

Her blond hair was frowzy, her dress torn in several places, and her shoes were so completely worn out that they were practically no protection.

It must have hurt her even to walk, for the sole was completely off her left foot and Morgan saw that it was bruised and bleeding.

She was amazingly light, and so relaxed in his arms that he wasn't even sure she was conscious.

Any lingering suspicion that this was a trick Al Budd had thought up was dispelled.

It is not addictive and tolerance usually does not develop.

Research indicates these drugs may interact with transcription factors known as " clock genes ", which may play a role in the addictive properties of drugs ( drug abuse ), and possibly in obesity.

They are powerful ( and potentially addictive ) sedatives.

It is medically considered a disease, specifically an addictive illness, and in psychiatry several other terms are used, specifically " alcohol abuse " and " alcohol dependence ," which have slightly different definitions.

Recently, investigative reports have been calling into question whether the modern day slot machine is addictive.

In an interview with the magazine N ' Digo published in late June 2008, he spoke of today's mainstream urban music seemingly relishing the addictive euphoria of materialism and sexism, perhaps being the primary cause of many people harboring resentment towards the genre and its future.

The definition of " addictive " depends on each individual but most Buddhists consider alcohol, tobacco and contraband drugs to be addictive.

The game is renowned and berated ( by some psychologists specializing in computer addiction ) for its addictive qualities.

Studies show that though many people participate in gambling as a form of recreation or even as a means to gain an income, gambling, like any behavior which involves variation in brain chemistry, can become a psychologically addictive and harmful behavior in some people.

Hoover rejected direct federal relief payments to individuals, as he believed that a dole would be addictive, and would reduce the incentive to work.

Mormons have a health code that eschews alcoholic beverages, tobacco, coffee, tea, and other addictive substances.

The Word of Wisdom is also understood to forbid other harmful and addictive substances and practices, such as the use of illegal drugs and abuse of prescription drugs.

Mormons also oppose addictive behavior such as viewing pornography and gambling.

* 1988 – A report by United States ' Surgeon General C. Everett Koop states that the addictive properties of nicotine are similar to those of heroin and cocaine.

Practitioners of behavioral medicine differ from medical psychologists in that they focus on the scientific application of behavioral interventions to a wide variety of medical conditions ( e. g., asthma, gastrointestinal illnesses, cardiac conditions, spinal cord and brain injuries, chronic pain, headaches, and addictive illness ).

Smith ended up seriously ill in hospital in 1999 after consuming more than 50 Nurofen Plus tablets ; these contain the opiate drug Codeine, which is known to be addictive.

Morphine is a potentially highly addictive substance.

Other studies, such as the Rat Park experiments, suggest that morphine is less physically addictive than others suggest, and most studies on morphine addiction merely show that " severely distressed animals, like severely distressed people, will relieve their distress pharmacologically if they can.

Testimony to morphine's addictive and reinforcing nature is its relapse rate.

Nicotine, a substance frequently implicated in tobacco addiction, has been shown to have " relatively weak " addictive properties when administered alone.

The addictive potential increases dramatically after co-administration of an MAOI, which specifically causes sensitization of the locomotor response in rats, a measure of addictive potential.