drug substance abuse
81Thin film drug delivery — Drug film redirects here. For movies featuring substance abuse, see List of drug films. Thin film drug delivery uses a dissolving film or oral drug strip to administer drugs via absorption in the mouth (buccally or sublingually) and/or via the… …
82substance — noun 1 material ADJECTIVE ▪ addictive, cancer causing (esp. AmE), carcinogenic, dangerous, harmful, hazardous, noxious, poisonous, radioactive, toxic …
83Drug (disambiguation) — A drug is any chemical substance other than a food or device that affects the function of living things. Drugs can be used to treat illness, relieve a symptom or modify a chemical process in the body for a specific purpose. Drug(s) may also refer …
84drug — /drʌg / (say drug) noun 1. a chemical substance given with the intention of preventing or curing disease or otherwise enhancing the physical or mental welfare of humans or animals. 2. a chemical substance taken for non medical reasons to bring… …
85drug — [[t]drʌ̱g[/t]] ♦ drugs, drugging, drugged 1) N COUNT A drug is a chemical which is given to people in order to treat or prevent an illness or disease. The drug will be useful to hundreds of thousands of infected people. ...the drug companies. 2)… …
86drug abuse — excessive use of drugs, use of drugs in a self destructive manner; use of any legal or illicit chemical substance that causes physical or mental or behavioral impairment in a person …
87drug — n. any substance that affects the structure or functioning of a living organism. Drugs are widely used for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease and for the relief of symptoms. The term ‘medicine’ is sometimes preferred for… …
88drug dependence — Habituation to, abuse of, and/or addiction to a chemical substance. See addict …
89drug dependence — Habituation to, abuse of, and/or addiction to a chemical substance. See addict …
90Arguments for and against drug prohibition — Arguments about the prohibition of drugs, and over drug policy reform, are subjects of considerable controversy. The following is a presentation of major drug policy arguments, including those for drug law enforcement on one side of the debate,… …
