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Drug abuser

Known as: Abuser, Drug, Drug Abusers, Drug Users 
People who take drugs for a non-therapeutic or non-medical effect. The drugs may be legal or illegal, but their use often results in adverse medical… 
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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
The Danish National Prescription Registry
Introduction: Individual-level data on all prescription drugs sold in Danish community pharmacies has since 1994 been recorded in… 
  • table I
Review
2009
Review
2009
Imaging dopamine's role in drug abuse and addiction
Dopamine is involved in drug reinforcement but its role in addiction is less clear. Here we describe PET imaging studies that… 
  • table 1
  • figure 1
Review
2003
Review
2003
Experiential Avoidance and Behavioral Disorders: A Functional Dimensional Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment
Syndromal classification is a well-developed diagnostic system but has failed to deliver on its promise of the identification of… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
Recent patterns of medication use in the ambulatory adult population of the United States: the Slone survey.
CONTEXT Data on the range of prescription and over-the-counter drug use in the United States are not available. OBJECTIVE To… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
Current concepts in the management of Helicobacter pylori infection—The Maastricht 2‐2000 Consensus Report
Significant progress and new insights have been gained in the 4 years since the first Maastricht Consensus Report, necessitating… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Drug abusers show impaired performance in a laboratory test of decision making
A defining feature of drug addiction is persistent drug use despite long-term adverse consequences. This study examined the… 
Review
1998
Review
1998
Adolescent sexual behavior, drug use, and violence: increased reporting with computer survey technology.
Surveys of risk behaviors have been hobbled by their reliance on respondents to report accurately about engaging in behaviors… 
Review
1995
Review
1995
Long-term follow-up results of a randomized drug abuse prevention trial in a white middle-class population.
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the long-term efficacy of a school-based approach to drug abuse prevention. DESIGN Randomized trial… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
A prospective study of the risk of tuberculosis among intravenous drug users with human immunodeficiency virus infection.
To determine the risk of active tuberculosis associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, we prospectively… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
The drug abuse screening test.
  • H. Skinner
  • Addictive behaviors
  • 1982
  • Corpus ID: 4906503
The Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST) was designed to provide a brief instrument for clinical screening and treatment evaluation… 
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