substance abuse

noun

long-term, pathological use of alcohol or drugs, characterized by daily intoxication, inability to reduce consumption, and impairment in social or occupational functioning; broadly, alcohol or drug addiction.

Those with a slightly sleazier bent have dredged up reports of his weight gain, substance abuse, and arrest.

South Carolina and Alabama courts have already ruled late-pregnancy substance abuse can be considered a form of child abuse.

Things got even more serious when Cosby moved on to the subject of substance abuse and children.

Substance abuse was already an issue Cosby had grown particularly passionate about.

This coincidence of depression and substance abuse is not uncommon.

A computerized referral service to substance abuse literature and prevention programs will begin operating in 1987.

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