Synonyms for substance abuse
sub·stance abuse

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1. substance abusenoun

   Synonyms:
   drug abuse

2. substance abusenoun

   An overindulgence in and dependence of a drug or other chemical.

   Synonyms:
   drug abuse

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1. substance abuse, drug abuse, habitnoun

   excessive use of drugs

   Synonyms:
   use, wont, drug abuse, habit, riding habit

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1. • Misuse

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1. substance abuse

   Synonyms:
   Drug abuse, drug misuse, substance misuse

2. substance abuse

   Synonyms:
   Substance misuse

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1. Nadine Kaslow:

   Even if there’s some clustering effect, I don’t think you do it just to do it, the people who [commit suicide] are struggling in their own way whether its depression, substance abuse or anxiety, or difficulty dealing with the stress of whatever’s going on in their life, loss or abuse or whatever. I think that the presence of a suicide in a community is only one of the risk factors.

2. Kathleen Chard:

   The second highest diagnosis behind PTSD is depression, and if left untreated, people turn to substance abuse— so we really want to intervene as early as we can.

3. Doug Nemecek:

   People who feel lonely are less healthy, there are many studies linking loneliness to worsening heart disease, cancer, diabetes, depression and substance abuse. In fact, healthwise, loneliness is comparable to smoking 15 cigarettes a day.

4. Robert Wallack:

   There was a recent episode in which she appeared to be intoxicated, she was running around without clothes on and then she passed out and it was said she passed out from mixing Ambien with alcohol. Our concerns are whether Ms. Frankel may have some type of substance abuse problems so we would ask the court to order drug testing of Ms. Frankel to find out whether that’s an issue.

5. Oi Yan Poon:

   According to psychological and public health research, microaggressions can lead to negative health consequences including heart disease, diabetes,depressionand substance abuse, these statements may seem innocent, but…they underhandedly and subtly undermine the very real experiences with racism, sexism and other forms of oppression.