substance-use disorder

plural substance-use disorders

1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of substance use disorder.

   At A.H.S. Bridge, patients can be treated with buprenorphine minutes after they show up, right inside the emergency room, not in some distant wing of the hospital. And the program forgoes nearly all the initial paperwork for people with substance-use disorder.

   2025 February 16, Moises Velasquez-Manoff, “An Effective Treatment for Opioid Addiction Exists. Why Isn’t It Used More?”, in The New York Times Magazine, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Feb 2025

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   Latino youths – the fastest-growing ethnic group in this age cohort – fell below white and multi-ethnic adolescents in their rate of substance-use disorders, but not by much: 7.7% qualified as having dangerously abused or been dependent on drugs or alcohol in the past year.

   2011 November 7, Melissa Healy, “White and mixed-race youths rank high in alcohol, substance abuse”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Sep 2026

   “The district attorney wants to think we can still arrest our way out of the problem,” said Fernando Peña, director of El Jardín, a non-profit that serves people with substance-use disorders and operates Oregon’s only recovery drop-in centers dedicated to Latinos, including one in Washington county. “Substance-use disorder is a public health issue. We need services to deflect people to.”

   2025 May 19, Sam Levin, “Revealed: Oregon spent funds meant for addiction services on prosecutors and police gadgets”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 May 2025