Experts believe there is a relationship between adult abuse of legitimate medicines and the drug culture that has swept our country.

专家认为，成年人滥用合法药物与席卷我国的毒品文化之间存在着某种联系。

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Drug abuse is the use of a drug, legal or illegal, that hurts a person or someone close to him.

毒品滥用是指合法或非法使用毒品伤害某人或是某人身边的人。

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Much of the crime in this area is related to drug abuse.

这一地区的许多犯罪都与吸毒有关。

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Nora Volkow is director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the lead author of the study.

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These include courthouse tours and education about the legal and health effects of drug and alcohol abuse.

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Mental health experts also include other disorders like drug and alcohol abuse that affect millions of people.

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The federal Drug Enforcement Agency keeps an eye on things too, and reports very little abuse of the drug by non-Indians.

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Abuse of this drug tends to be associated with impulsive, risk-taking people who may have had trauma earlier in life, Wischmeyer said.

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The problem some legislators are facing is the abuse of the drug pseudoephedrine, the active ingredient in a number of cold medicines.

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