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Lawyers for Ravnsborg filed a motion in July alleging a history of alcoholism and drug abuse by Boever.

Obesity-prevention programs for young people, expanded drug abuse treatment and stopping the flow of illegal opioids into the United States would be a start.

In that role, he testified before Congress on issues such as immigration enforcement and drug abuse, and consulted on policing issues with the Obama administration.

Its poverty rate is twice the state’s average, and it now has high rates of drug abuse and violent crime.

At a Kansas City, Missouri, VA hospital, the Inspector General reported, staff failed to check 64 percent of patients for histories of drug abuse.

He cast her as Hope, an ex-addict with an impressive pair of fake chompers—the result of years of drug abuse.

With prescription drug abuse rampant in the U.S., New York is taking steps to stop it.

There are 17 states with laws that consider drug abuse during pregnancy a form of child abuse.

I saw personally, firsthand, what drug use and drug abuse is doing to an underprivileged population.

Out West, in a tepee, on a reservation, alcohol, drug abuse, drain on society, poverty, uneducated—beaten down.

Police help provide classes and presentations on drug abuse in the schools.

Free materials on drug abuse are also distributed in response to inquiries.

A source for pamphlets and books on drug abuse and alcoholism and curriculum materials for drug prevention.

These young men will give special attention to this drug abuse, too.

Other emotional difficulties, including alcohol and drug abuse, can be moderated by pharmaceutical therapy.

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On this page you'll find 13 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to drug abuse, such as: alcohol abuse, drug use, addiction, alcoholic addiction, alcoholism, and chemical abuse.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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