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| has gloss | (noun) excessive use of drugs drug abuse, habit, substance abuse |
| has gloss | eng: Drug abuse has a huge range of definitions related to taking a psychoactive drug or performance enhancing drug for a non-therapeutic or non-medical effect. All of these definitions imply a negative judgment of the drug use in question (compare with the term responsible drug use for alternative views). Some of the drugs most often associated with this term include alcohol, amphetamines, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, cocaine, methaqualone, and opium alkaloids. Use of these drugs may lead to criminal penalty in addition to possible physical, social, and psychological harm, both strongly depending on local jurisdiction. Other definitions of drug abuse fall into four main categories: public health definitions, mass communication and vernacular usage, medical definitions, and political and criminal justice definitions. |
| lexicalization | eng: drug abuse |
| lexicalization | eng: habit |
| lexicalization | eng: substance abuse |
| subclass of | (noun) improper or excessive use; "alcohol abuse"; "the abuse of public funds" misuse, abuse |
| has subclass | (noun) excessive use of alcohol and alcoholic drinks alcoholism abuse, alcoholic abuse, alcohol abuse |
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| similar | e/Drug abuse |
| similar | e/Substance abuse |
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| media:img | Alcohol by Country.png |
| media:img | Drug use disorders world map - DALY - WHO2002.svg |
| media:img | Spectrum Diagram.PNG |
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