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  • 61Drug Resistance Strategies Project — The Drug Resistance Strategies Project (DRS), a program funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), teaches adolescents and pre adolescents how to make decisions and resist alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs (ATOD). The DRS project was… …

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  • 62drug — noun 1 substance used as a medicine ADJECTIVE ▪ powerful, strong ▪ effective ▪ safe ▪ modern, new ▪ …

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  • 63drug — 1 /drVg/ noun (C) 1 an illegal substance that people smoke, inject (1) etc to make them feel happy or excited: He was arrested for selling drugs. | take/use drugs: My cousin has been taking drugs for years. | do drugs slang (=take drugs… …

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  • 64Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) — Every prescription written in the United States bears a DEA number, that of the prescribing doctor, the DEA being the Drug Enforcement Administration of the U.S. Department of Justice. Historically, the DEA s roots go back to the founding in 1930 …

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  • 65abuse — n. insulting language 1) to heap, shower abuse on, upon; to hurl abuse at 2) to take abuse (she took a lot of abuse from him) 3) verbal abuse 4) a shower, stream of abuse 5) a term of abuse rough use 6) to take abuse (this car has taken a lot of… …

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  • 66abuse — 1. Misuse, wrong use, especially excessive use, of anything. 2. Injurious, harmful, or offensive treatment, as in child a. or sexual a. child a. the psychological, emotional, and sexual a. of a child, typically by a parent, stepparent, or parent… …

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  • 67Drug urban legends — Many urban legends about illegal drugs have been created and circulated among children and the general public. These are commonly repeated by organizations which oppose all illegal drug use, often causing the true effects and dangers of drugs to… …

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  • 68Drug-free school zone — A Drug free school zone is an area inclusive of any property used for school purposes by any school, whether or not owned by such school, within 1,000 feet of any such property, and within or immediately adjacent to school buses [1].It is any… …

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  • 69abuse — ♦♦ abuses, abusing, abused (The noun is pronounced [[t]əbju͟ːs[/t]]. The verb is pronounced [[t]əbju͟ːz[/t]].) 1) N UNCOUNT: also N in pl, usu with supp Abuse of someone is cruel and violent treatment of them. ...investigation of alleged child… …

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  • 70Drug Free America Foundation — The Drug Free America Foundation or DFAF is a 501(c)(3) non profit organization that currently describes itself as committed to developing, promoting and sustaining global strategies, policies and laws that will reduce illegal drug use, drug… …

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