People try drugs or other potentially addictive behaviour because they are seeking some sort of reward or benefit.

These drugs have very little in common except that they are all potentially addictive.

Some theorists focus on presumed built-in reward systems of the games to explain their potentially addictive nature.

States that rush to raise revenues from gambling without thinking more than we did are playing a potentially addictive game of chance.

But fears and misconceptions about potentially addictive pain medications can make it harder for some patients to get the proper treatment.

Because these medicines are potentially addictive, they are usually prescribed for a limited time (1 to 2 weeks).

Many will be on psychiatric medication that is usually damaging and potentially addictive.

Gambling is another potentially addictive behavior with some biological overlap.

The laws governing the import and export of potentially addictive substances were varied.

Because opiates are potentially addictive, they are usually prescribed only for 1 to 2 weeks.