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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Examples for "habit "
Examples for "habit "
1 Because they're creatures of habit we're seeing individuals return year after year.
2 Good money, and with a meth habit to support I needed that.
3 But it's still not clear that the habit , itself, is the problem.
4 Clary had a habit of answering questions in the briefest possible way.
5 So they were in the habit of meeting secretly in the forest.
1 One was seeing at first hand the devastating effects of drug abuse .
2 A joint statement said drug abuse had spilled over into rural areas.
3 Here are some facts on prescription drug abuse in the United States.
4 Many of the women had arrest records or histories of drug abuse .
5 These young men will give special attention to this drug abuse , too.
1 State protection against industrial exploitation, vicious influences, harmful use of leisure time, and generally unwholesome conditions.
2 The Chief Censor is questioning whether changes announced by Facebook will be enough to combat harmful use of social media.
3 This study aimed at exploring sociodemographic and clinical characteristics associated with harmful use of alcohol (HUA) among immigrant patients.
4 New research has found harmful use of drugs and alcohol costs New Zealand a hefty 6.8 billion dollars a year.
5 The global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol was adopted by consensus at the annual assembly of the World Health Organisation (WHO).
1 One is not "gender-specific," as they say these days ( psychoactive substance abuse ) .
1 Cook's announcement followed recent speculation that he had a substance abuse problem.
2 Mr Giblin said Bunn had suffered from depression and substance abuse problems.
3 And it employs people with job instability or former substance abuse problems.
4 He doesn't appear to have any serious addictions, or substance abuse issues.
5 The court orders alcohol recovery programs also in cases of substance abuse .
6 Effects of substance abuse on the onset, severity, and treatment of schizophrenia.
7 Don't get me wrong: there are women who deal with substance abuse .
8 Age, hopelessness and active substance abuse but not polarity predicted suicidal behavior.
9 Alcohol and substance abuse played a role in more than a third.
10 You have a history of substance abuse , or kidney or liver damage.
11 But the telltale signs of substance abuse were already beginning to show.
12 And he has been heavily involved in stamping out teen substance abuse .
13 You need to deal with issues like mental health and substance abuse .
14 Certainly substance abuse . I reconsidered the cocktails I'd planned for that evening.
15 During the 1980s, John was at the height of his substance abuse .
16 Again, though, substance abuse might be a factor in the prison figures.
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