单词 | drug abuse |
释义 | > as lemmasdrug abuse drug abuse n. habitual non-medicinal use of a drug or drugs, esp. the use of illegal drugs for their narcotic, stimulant, or mood-altering effects. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > drug addiction or craving > [noun] addiction1779 addictedness1788 narcomania1865 yen1876 drug addiction1881 yen-yen1886 drug abuse1903 oil burner1962 Jones1968 1868 Med. & Surg. Reporter 30 June Index p.i Drugs, abuse of. 1890 Belford's Mag. Sept. 499 Idleness and brain-drug abuse are most often associated with the same person, or in the same class of persons.] 1903 Amer. Jrnl. Pharmacy 75 487 Any one at all who has studied the question of drug abuse realizes that alcohol is fast becoming a far feebler power of evil than narcotic drugs. 1970 Times 28 May 7/5 Pot-smoking is widespread in spite of dire warnings about the dangers of ‘drug abuse’ repeatedly broadcast by the armed forces radio. 2004 H. Kennedy Just Law (2005) i. 26 Solutions to crime are never easy. The government has been reasonably good at diagnosis of the problems, particularly relating to drug abuse and the new gun culture associated with it, but it is less good at the prescription. < as lemmas |
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