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Meanings of abuse of substances in English

Russian
злоупотребление веществами
Portuguese
abuso de substâncias
Spanish
abuso de sustancias
Catalan
abús de substàncies

A patterned use of a drug in which the user consumes the psychoactive/chemical substance substances in amounts or with methods which are harmful to themselves or others.

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злоупотребление веществами
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Examples for "substance abuse"
Examples for "substance abuse"
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Cook's announcement followed recent speculation that he had a substance abuse problem.
Reuters
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Mr Giblin said Bunn had suffered from depression and substance abuse problems.
The Irish Times
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And it employs people with job instability or former substance abuse problems.
Ebony
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He doesn't appear to have any serious addictions, or substance abuse issues.
Big girl: a novel
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The court orders alcohol recovery programs also in cases of substance abuse.
Reuters
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One was seeing at first hand the devastating effects of drug abuse.
The Guardian
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A joint statement said drug abuse had spilled over into rural areas.
The Irish Times
3
Here are some facts on prescription drug abuse in the United States.
Reuters
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Many of the women had arrest records or histories of drug abuse.
Ebony
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These young men will give special attention to this drug abuse, too.
State of the Union Addresses
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State protection against industrial exploitation, vicious influences, harmful use of leisure time, and generally unwholesome conditions.
The Family and its Members
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The Chief Censor is questioning whether changes announced by Facebook will be enough to combat harmful use of social media.
Radio NZ
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This study aimed at exploring sociodemographic and clinical characteristics associated with harmful use of alcohol (HUA) among immigrant patients.
Pubmed
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New research has found harmful use of drugs and alcohol costs New Zealand a hefty 6.8 billion dollars a year.
Radio NZ
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The global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol was adopted by consensus at the annual assembly of the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Reuters
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One is not "gender-specific," as they say these days ( psychoactive substance abuse).
Girl, Interrupted