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Meanings of psychoactive substance abuse 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"
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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
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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
Usage of psychoactive substance abuse in English
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One is not "gender-specific," as they say these days ( psychoactive substance abuse).
Girl, Interrupted
Translations for psychoactive substance abuse