Substance Use, Misuse, Abuse - Status

Substance Use, Misuse, Abuse - Status

IMMEDIATE NEXT STEPS

Identify key stakeholder groups
Environmental scan of how various stakeholder groups define and distinguish between use, misuse, abuse, dependence
Environment scan for drug terminologies of street drug names
Develop editorial guidance around inclusion of street drug names as descriptions in SNOMED
Understand how to alternate forms of substances are represented (i.e., physical alterations of clinical forms - are there forms never used clinically?)

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