Sentence examples for illicit abuse from inspiring English sources

Heroin, once legal, was banned from medical use in this country in the 1920's because of concerns about its addictive characteristics and the incidence of illicit abuse.

The effect of teenage pregnancy, conjugal instability and maternal burden apparently happens solely through substance use, be it alcohol misuse, illicit drug abuse or both in tandem.

The Surgeon General's office has estimated that the yearly losses in productivity, health care costs and criminal justice expenses for alcohol misuse and illicit drug abuse amount to US$442 billion.

Along the pathways leading to mental disorders among women, some studies show that the effect of alcohol misuse or illicit drug abuse are at least partially mediated by IPV [ 21, 26].

This study thus aims to explore how socio-economic position, maternal age, household and marital arrangements, general stressors, alcohol misuse and illicit drug abuse, and especially psychological and physical IPV relate in a framework leading to postpartum common mental disorder (CMD).

In a subgroup analysis looking at patients with alcohol and/or illicit drug abuse, we found no significant difference in any of the timeliness intervals when compared to patients without alcohol/illicit drug abuse.

The role of schools in combating illicit substance abuse.

Lower rates of alcohol and illicit substance abuse.

Urine drug testing is one of the only laboratory tests for illicit substance abuse.

The older patients had a higher incidence of vascular risk factors, and the younger patients had a higher incidence of smoking and illicit substance abuse.

Illicit drug abuse is an independent risk factor for chronic kidney disease, but the pathogenic consequences of long-term exposure to illicit drugs and contaminants under unsterile conditions remains unclear.