Sitcoms about alcoholics and addicts are not the norm for network TV, with the majority of substance abuse-themed storylines relegated to such envelope-pushing cable skeins as Showtime's Nurse Jackie and AMC's Breaking Bad.
The majority of substance abusers are in a passing phase, never become addicted in any meaningful sense of that word, and require a very different treatment approach than those who really are addicted.
This is when the majority of substance misuse treatment agencies are closed.
Although the majority of substance users were male, we observed nearly twice as many females among the IA patients compared with the VA patients.
Two participants reported injecting drugs, and although for the majority other substance use was infrequent, for approximately one-third (9/25) this was daily.
Previous evaluations using the DDCAT showed that the majority of substance abuse programs were rated less than 'capable' and only few programs achieved or exceeded the 'capable' level [ 46, 47].
In contrast to Spain and most other countries, a separate emergency outpatient clinic (EMA) in Oslo treats the majority of substance abuse poisonings that would otherwise be present in hospital emergency departments (e.g., ethanol, opioid, and stimulants).
Currently, the majority of substances tested in lifetime bioassays in rodents are not mutagenic and, therefore, at the most weakly carcinogenic, generally by epigenetic mechanisms.
This is shown in the huge improvement that the metadata made to the ranking performance (Tables 4, 5). Figure 3 shows clearly that the vast majority of substances were either ranked first or second based purely on the reference count, with most other candidates having much lower counts.
