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1Substance abuse — Classification and external resources Comparison of the perceived harm for various psychoactive drugs from a poll among medical psychiatrists specialized in addiction tr …
2Substance abuse prevention — Substance abuse prevention, also known as drug abuse prevention, is a process that attempts to prevent the onset of substance use or limit the development of problems associated with using psychoactive substances. Prevention efforts may focus on… …
3substance abuse — [n] chemical abuse addiction, alcoholic addiction, alcoholism, drug abuse, drug dependence, habit; concepts 20,316,709 …
4Substance Abuse — Before the middle of the nineteenth century, the main substance capable of being abused was alcohol. With the rise of such anesthetic gases as ether (first used medically in 1846), of injectable opiate narcotics (after the introduction of the… …
5Substance Abuse & Disability Services Report — Infobox Newspaper name = Substance Abuse Disability Services Report type = Newsletter format = Online journal foundation = 1992 owners = CD Publications publisher = Mike Gerecht editor = Laura Ainsley headquarters = 8204 Fenton Street Silver… …
6Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration — Infobox Government agency | logo width = agency name = United States Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration formed = 1992 preceding1 = preceding2 = dissolved = superseding = jurisdiction = Federal government of the United… …
7Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration — A part of the U.S. Public Health Service, SAMHSA works to improve the quality and availability of substance abuse prevention, addiction treatment, and mental health services. Provides funding through block grants to states for direct substance… …
8substance abuse — substance a.buse n [U] the habit of taking too many illegal drugs, in a way that harms your health = ↑drug abuse …
9substance abuse — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. drug abuse, addiction, alcoholism, drug dependance, *monkey on one s back, *huffing. see drug …
10substance abuse — noun excessive use of drugs • Syn: ↑drug abuse, ↑habit • Derivationally related forms: ↑habituate (for: ↑habit) • Hypernyms: ↑misuse, ↑ …
