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Descriptor English: Drug Users
Descriptor Spanish: Consumidores de Drogas
Descriptor consumidores de drogas
Entry term(s) adictos a las drogas
adictos a medicamentos
adictos a sustancias
consumidores de drogas de abuso
consumidores de drogas por vía IV
consumidores de drogas por vía intravenosa
dependientes de drogas
dependientes de fármacos
dependientes de medicamentos
dependientes de sustancias
drogadictos
personas que se inyectan drogas
toxicómanos
Scope note: Personas que consumen drogas con fines no médicos ni terapéuticos. Las drogas pueden ser legales o ilegales, aunque su consumo tiene consecuencias médicas, legales y sociales adversas para los consumidores.
Descriptor Portuguese: Usuários de Drogas
Descriptor French: Usagers de drogues
Entry term(s): Abuser, Drug
Abusers, Drug
Drug Abuser
Drug Abusers
Drug Addicts
Drug User
IV Drug Users
Intravenous Drug Users
People Who Inject Drugs
User, Drug
Users, Drug
Tree number(s): M01.169
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D055030
Scope note: 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, legal, or social consequences for the users.
Annotation: for drug users as persons only; for the disorder, use SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
ED education
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
Public MeSH Note: 2009
History Note: 2009
DeCS ID: 53387
Unique ID: D055030
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Date Established: 2009/01/01
Date of Entry: 2008/07/08
Drug Users - Preferred
Concept UI M0512871
Scope note 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, legal, or social consequences for the users.
Preferred term Drug Users
Entry term(s) Abuser, Drug
Abusers, Drug
Drug Abuser
Drug Abusers
Drug User
User, Drug
Users, Drug
Drug Addicts - Narrower
Concept UI M0514118
Preferred term Drug Addicts
People Who Inject Drugs - Narrower
Concept UI M000743108
Preferred term People Who Inject Drugs
Intravenous Drug Users - Narrower
Concept UI M000743845
Preferred term Intravenous Drug Users
Entry term(s) IV Drug Users



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