drug habit
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdrugandhabit
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drug
noun[C]
uk/drʌɡ/us/drʌɡ/
any natural or artificially made chemical that is used as ...
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habit
noun
uk/ˈhæb.ɪt/us/ˈhæb.ɪt/
something that you do often and regularly, sometimes without knowing that you are ...
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(Definition ofdrugandhabitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Theirdrughabitwas stable throughout the study period.
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People still go into prison without adrughabit, pick up adrughabitthere, and come out addicted.
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Two thirds of persistent criminals have adrughabit.
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If someone has adrughabit, the best way to pay for it is to persuade his pals to take up thatdrughabit.
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In my constituency, crimes related to feeding thedrughabitare a major issue.
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That is a lot of money to be raised by people with adrughabit.
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Such a person will almost inevitably carry illegal drugs to sustain adrughabit.
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An increasing number of burglaries are driven by the need to feed adrughabit.
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It seems to be wholly concentrated on theirdrughabitor misuse.
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There are increasing numbers of break-ins to houses and stealing to finance thedrughabit.
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Many people who commit car crimes do so to fund theirdrughabit.
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To feed a harddrughabitnowadays can cost up to £1,000 a week.
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Many of those young people are funding adrughabitwhich costs £23,000 a year.
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He unsuccessfully tried to kick hisdrughabitseveral times.
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Empirical evidence suggests that around half all property crime is committed by people seeking to fund adrughabit.
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We are committed to helping unemployed people who have decided to kick theirdrughabitand move into work.
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We are committed to helping unemployed people who have decided to kick theirdrughabitmove into work.
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As we all know, an increasing number of burglaries are driven by the need to feed thedrughabit.
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More worrying still is the fact that many convicted prisoners develop adrughabitwhile they are in prison.
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This is very much in line with the action we are taking against those who commit crime to feed adrughabit.
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Good empirical evidence suggests that approximately half of all property crime—burglary and other acquisitive crime—is committed by people seeking to feed theirdrughabit.
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We are determined to support people who are imprisoned by theirdrughabit, which is the subject of the next debate.
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Indeed, if they have a persistentdrughabit, they cannot abstain just because they are told to, and it may be dangerous if they do.
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The greatest single cause of crime stems from those who are addicted to drugs and are funding theirdrughabitby acquisitive crime.
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Many inmates have been sent to prison for burglary, petty theft and car crime associated with obtaining the money to feed theirdrughabit.
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