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drug use  

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  • Drug use refers to individual behaviors that involve the consumption of alcohol and use of other illicit drugs including nonprescription drugs. Some individuals use drugs for recreational purposes, others have a more serious problem of drug abuse, while the extreme form of drug use is addiction. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race and Crime; Drug Use]

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