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Abuse of something is the use of it in a wrong way or for a bad purpose.
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Uzbay, T., Bizarro, L. (2010). Abuse. In: Stolerman, I.P. (eds) Encyclopedia of Psychopharmacology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68706-1_1338
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