drug scene
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdrugandscene
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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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scene
noun
uk/siːn/us/siːn/
a part of a play or film in which the action stays in one place for a continuous period ...
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(Definition ofdrugandscenefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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A sense of marginalisation from the local 'drugscene' can be exacerbated by physical deterioration and may reduce self-esteem.
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While we were looking out for the alcoholics we moved into thedrugscene.
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This has been a well-established fact in the worlddrugscenefor some time.
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Government policy is, therefore, aimed at preventing young people from becoming involved in thedrugscene.
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The legislative scene is static, but thedrugsceneis constantly changing.
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These people are now into thedrugsceneand are making a great deal of money.
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However, there are also the smaller intermediary pushers and the user-dealers, who are part of the overalldrugscene.
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I think that a commission of this sort would be of great advantage to thedrugscene.
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Most of the residential rehabilitation facilities are provided by voluntary organisations, as is much of the day care and counselling in thedrugscene.
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I was fairly close to thedrugscenebecause the drug addicts used to come to our centre more than they do now.
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Often the first clue comes when large sums of money are perceived in circulation, sometimes in areas quite unrelated to thedrugscene.
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The campaign's content and targeting will be determined in the light of evaluation findings relating to 1987–88 campaigns, and of information about the currentdrugscene.
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It also carries the prospect of irreparable damage being done to the young people who have the misfortune to become involved in thedrugsceneat such events.
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There is no question that it is a problem of young people and that many of them are introduced to the illegaldrugsceneby way of amphetamines.
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We should be careful about the statistics which we quote, because many involved in thedrugscenedo not fit nicely into this kind of category.
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Among the great majority of young people, that harddrugsceneis simply seen as sad and pathetic, and a world distant from their own experience.
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Returning home the diarist encounters social pressure and hostility from her former friends from thedrugscene.
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We have to accept that the trafficker is the source of virtually all the pain, suffering and grief that constitute the most tragic aspects of the contemporarydrugscene.
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I ventured to indicate last time round on this matter that there is a precedent for what is proposed in what was done in relation to thedrugscene.
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No valid observation can be made of the young without reference to thedrugsceneand the impact it has had, and will continue to have, on their lives.
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