Drug dependence. a state of periodic or chronic intoxication produced by repeated consumption of a drug (natural or synthetic) Characteristics of drug dependence. -desire to take the drug and obtain it by any means. -tendency to increase the dose. -addiction to and physical dependence on the effects of the drug. -compulsive and harmful behaviour. characteristics of harmful behaviour. -takes larger doses, for a longer period than intended.
Chadds Ford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Chadds Ford Township is a township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States, about 25 miles (40 km) southwest of the center of Philadelphia.
Ford County map, 1899. Located in the southwestern part of the state, Ford County was created by a Legislative Act of 1867, which provided for the division into counties of all the unorganized part of the state.