Drug Misuse definition

Drug Misuse. The overuse or inappropriate use of any legally obtained prescription or non-prescription drug.
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Drug Misuse is when prescription drugs have not been prescribed for the person possessing or using such drugs and/or such prescription drugs are not taken in accordance with a physician’s direction. “Legal highs” are substances which produce the same, or similar effects, to drugs such as cocaine and ecstasy, but are not controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act. “Substance abuse” refers to the taking of drugs or a controlled substance, either intermittent or continuously. Any of the above may interfere with an individual’s health, work capability or conduct, or may affect the work performance and/or safety of themselves and others. This can be whether the misuse is deliberate or unintentional i.e. taking more or less or different prescribed drugs than instructed or coming into work still under the influence of substances which was consumed outside of working hours. In line with the Safer Working Practices Document, there may be times, when an adult’s behaviour or actions in their personal life come under scrutiny from local communities, the media or public authorities. This could be because their behaviour is considered to compromise their position in their workplace or indicate an unsuitability to work with children or young people. Misuse of drugs, alcohol or acts of violence would be examples of such behaviour. For the purposes of this policy “substance misuse” will be used through out to cover alcohol, drugs and other substances, but this can be interchanged with any of the above.
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Examples of Drug Misuse in a sentence

  • Drug Misuse and Dependence: UK Guidelines on Clinical Management.

  • That leave be given to bring in a Bill for an Act to amend the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 to enable the lawful establishment and use of safe injecting rooms for a trial period of 12 months.

  • That leave be given to bring in a bill for an Act to amend the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966 and the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 to provide a scheme supporting the use of cannabis for medical purposes.

  • Injecting estimates for Northern Ireland and Wales assume the same proportion of injecting as England (Centre for Drug Misuse Research 2006; Hay et al.

  • Mr Searle to move— That leave be given to bring in a bill for an Act to provide for the medicinal use of cannabis; to amend the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 and the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966; and for other purposes.

  • All prescribing interventions must be carried out in line with the Drug Misuse and Dependence– UK Guidelines on Clinical Management 2007.

  • Prescription Drug Misuse: Addiction rarely occurs among those who use medicine as prescribed.

  • Quest Diagnostics Health Trends™ Prescription Drug Monitoring Report 2015, Prescription Drug Misuse in America, Diagnostic Insights in the Continuing Drug Epidemic Battle.

  • This process was also informed by the Independent Sector Forums, the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, the British-Irish Council Drug Misuse Sectoral Group, and recent research.

  • Clinical Guidelines on Drug Misuse and Dependence Update 2017 Independent Expert Working Group (2017) Drug misuse and dependence: UK guidelines on clinical management.

Related to Drug Misuse

  • Drug means (i) articles or substances recognized in the official United States Pharmacopoeia

  • Drug abuse means any pattern of pathological use of drugs that causes impairment in social or occupational functioning, or that produces physiological dependency evidenced by physical tolerance or by physical symptoms when it is withdrawn.

  • Drug-free workplace means a site for the performance of work done in connection with a specific contract at which the employees of the Contractor are prohibited from engaging in the unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing, possession, or use of a controlled substance.

  • Drug paraphernalia means all equipment, products, and materials of any kind, which are used for injecting, ingesting, inhaling or otherwise introducing a drug into the human body. This includes, but is not limited to, all equipment, products and materials prohibited or controlled by State or Federal laws.

  • Drug addiction means a disease characterized by a

  • ANDA means an abbreviated new drug application filed with the FDA, pursuant to its rules and regulations (or any equivalent or replacement mechanism).

  • Drug Substance means an active ingredient that is intended to furnish pharmacological activity or other direct effect in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease or to affect the structure or any function of the human body, but does not include intermediates used in the synthesis of such ingredient.

  • Human trafficking means a scheme or plan to which all of the following apply:

  • Pyrophoric material means any liquid that ignites spontaneously in dry or moist air at or below 130° F (54.4° C) or solid, other than one classed as an explosive, which under normal conditions is liable to cause fires through friction, retained heat from manufacturing or processing, or which can be ignited readily and, when ignited, burns so vigorously and persistently as to create a serious transportation, handling, or disposal hazard. Included are spontaneously combustible and water-reactive materials.

  • Genetic material means any material of plant, animal, microbial or other origin containing functional units of heredity.

  • Good Laboratory Practices or “GLP” means the applicable then-current good laboratory practice standards as are required by applicable Regulatory Authorities or Applicable Law in the relevant jurisdiction, including in the United States, those promulgated or endorsed by the FDA in U.S. 21 C.F.R. Part 58, or the equivalent thereof as promulgated or endorsed by the applicable Regulatory Authorities outside of the United States.

  • FDA means the United States Food and Drug Administration or any successor entity thereto.

  • Wild animal means any mammal, bird, fish, or other creature of a wild nature endowed with sensation and the power of voluntary motion.

  • NDA means a New Drug Application, as defined in the regulations promulgated by the United States Food and Drug Administration, or any foreign equivalent thereof.

  • Human use means the internal or external administration of radiation or radioactive material to human beings.

  • Participating Clinical Laboratory means a Clinical Laboratory which has a written agreement with the Claim Administrator or another Blue Cross and/or Blue Shield Plan to provide services to you at the time services are rendered.