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Definition of Substance abuser
1. Noun. A person who takes drugs.
Generic synonyms: Individual, Mortal, Person, Somebody, Someone, Soul
Specialized synonyms: Addict, Head, Tripper
Derivative terms: Use
Lexicographical Neighbors of Substance Abuser
Literary usage of Substance abuser
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Treatment Services for Adolescent Substance Abusers by Alfred S. Friedman (1998)
"To be successful in treating adolescent substance abusers, we must begin by
addressing two essential tasks: • How to get the young substance abuser who is ..."
2. Stopping Alcohol & Other Drug Use Before It Starts: The Future of Preventionedited by Robert L. DuPont edited by Robert L. DuPont (1996)
"This does not mean that the child will definitely become a substance abuser,
merely that he has a high risk and may carry the disease of alcoholism or ..."
3. Substance Abuse Education: A Manual for Developing Outreach Programs for (1992)
"FAMILY SYSTEM CHANGES As critical as it is to provide education and intervention
for the substance abuser, it is also essential to understand the ..."
4. A Matter of Just Treatment: Substance Abuse & the Courts by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"There are different schools of thought on how to treat effectively a batterer
who is also a substance abuser. Most professionals agree, however, ..."
5. Individual Differences in the Behavioral Etiology of Drug Abuse edited by Harold W. Gordon, Meyer D. Glantz (1997)
"If so, is explicit analysis of substance abuser subtypes, defined by these
comorbidities, likely to improve the power of other genetic assessments? ..."
6. Drug Abuse Curriculum for Employee Assistance Program Professionalsby DIANE Publishing Company by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"Family members do not automatically get better as a result of the substance abuser
or chemically dependent person getting treatment. ..."
7. Substance Abuse, Disability, and Vocational Rehabilitation edited by David J. Mactas (2000)
"Effective Career Planning Activities The substance abuser in recovery is ...
Creative activities help the substance abuser develop and enhance his or her ..."
8. Community Corrections in America: New Directions & Sounder Investments for edited by Arthur J. Lurigio (1999)
"... ill substance abuser behaves in an emotionally unstable manner as the result
of drug-induced disinhibition or may experience an organic, drug-induced ..."
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