drug use
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdruganduse
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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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use
noun
uk/juːs/us/juːs/
a purpose for which something ...
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(Definition ofdrugandusefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The relationship of parentaldruguseto adolescentdruguse.
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How to investigatedrugusein health facilities, selecteddruguseindicators.
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The relationship of parentaldruguseand parent's attitude concerning adolescentdruguse.
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Earlydrugusepredicts later violence, but violence also predicts laterdruguse, especially alcohol use.
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Because of the low prevalence of illegaldrugusein adolescence, growth in adolescentdrugusewas not modeled.
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Druguseis increasing and becoming endemic.
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Factors associated with illegaldruguseamong older methadone clients.
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The coping function of adolescent alcohol anddruguse.
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Coping and competence in adolescent alcohol anddruguse.
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Finally, data on the women'sdrugusewere also examined.
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This was par ticularly true fordruguse.
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Examples would be tobacco and illicitdruguse.
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Information about other illicitdrugusewas not uniformly collected.
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This is a conservative estimate, as it reflects only past monthdruguse, notdruguseat any point during pregnancy.
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Table 1 also illustrates that the twins' means for later harddrugusewere approximately double the levels of earlier harddruguse.
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They also found that parent-child bonds were associated with moredruguseby children whose parents continued drug use but with less drug use for children whose parents discontinued use.
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Essentially, three different models of the relationship have been proposed:druguseleads to crime; crime leads to drug use; both crime and drug use are related to other factors.
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Interestingly, there was no effect for alcohol use, and the effect fordrugusebecame nonsignificant after adolescent levels of drug use were taken into account.
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From the description ofdruguse, we conclude that the four clusters describe different patterns of the development of drug use during adolescence and young adulthood.
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A study of antipsychoticdrugusein nursing homes: epidemiological evidence suggesting misuse.
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Overall teendrugusecontinues gradual decline; but use of inhalants rises.
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Violence and delinquency, early onsetdruguse, and psychopathology in drug exposed youth at 11 years.
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The relationship between begging, homelessness anddrugusehas provoked particular controversy in recent years.
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