Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Wiktionary
n. An overindulgence in and dependence on a drug or other chemical.
WordNet
n. excessive use of drugs [syn: drug abuse, habit]
Wikipedia
Substance Abuse may mean:
- substance abuse, such as drug abuse
- Substance Abuse (band), a hip-hop group
- Substance Abuse (album), an unofficial New Order remix album
- Substance Abuse (Eureka Seven episode)
Substance Abuse is a Los Angeles based hip-hop group consisting of the duo Subz (Justin Hollingsworth) and Eso Tre (John Heath). Their debut album, Overproof, was released in 2006, and features cameos from Kool Keith, MF Doom, Motion Man, Saafir, and Rasco. The group is getting ready to release their sophomore effort, "Background Music".
Usage examples of "substance abuse".
Narcissists are often prone to substance abuse, though (dual diagnosis).
Millions of former addicts and alcoholics have proved that substance abuse can be conquered by the abuser-by doing just that themselves!
You have not been charged with substance abuse or with prostitution, and may not wish to volunteer such information to the court.
And my second guess would be, of some kind of substance abuse problem.
Leonard always seemed strangely detached from reality and would die after a long battle with substance abuse.
Grandfather loved to tell stories of these criminals, how they had tried to excuse their own crimes by pleading that they were economically disadvantaged or infected with the disease of substance abuse, and how the Lone Eagles- many of whom had overcome poverty or addiction themselves-had dispatched them with firing squads and left them posted around the edge of their territory as NO TRESPASSING signs that even the illiterate could read.
When he was fourteen, Tequila had spent a month in a substance abuse unit of the D.
But the main reason was the regimen stressed by the counselors at the substance abuse clinic: male patients were required to shave every day.
Grandfather loved to tellof these criminals, how they had tried to excuse their ownby pleading that they were economically disadvantaged orwith the disease of substance abuse, and how the Lone many of whom had overcome poverty or addictionhad dispatched them with firing squads and left themaround the edge of their territory as NO TRESPASSINGthat even the illiterate could read.
Tony Wills passed a thousand rushing yards in the third quarter of the season's eighth game, and was already consensus rookie of the year, plus becoming the official NFL spokesman for the President's Campaign Against Substance Abuse (CASA).