Converse of object

• engage: The aim of Tier 2 services is to engage drug misusers in treatment and to reduce drug-related harm.

• treat: Of the 36 bodies who were officially consulted few had any representation from GPs who were actively engaged in treating drug misusers.

• recover: US data point to the considerable success of these services for the recovering misuser.

• become: The vast majority of people who have used drugs at some stage in their lives do not become problematic drug misusers.

• crack: Arguably, crack misusers in Britain have the health and welfare support systems needed to make even greater treatment gains.

• manage: Most were involved in a limited way with managing substance misusers.

Preposition: in

• treatment: A key national target set in 1998 was to increase participation of drug misusers in treatment by 100 per cent by 2008.

• region: This indicates that over half of the estimated number of all problematic drug misusers in the region received treatment in the year.

Adjective modifier

• opiate: Our review of treatments for opiate misusers in a primary care setting was constrained by resources ( time, staff ).

• problematic: The vast majority of people who have used drugs at some stage in their lives do not become problematic drug misusers.

• young: Young people: Appropriate dedicated services for the minority of young drug misusers requiring drug treatment need to be developed.

• many: For many misusers, alcohol is integral to the way they manage the sharp swings in mood associated with crack.

• more: Numbers entering treatment are up by 89 % since 1998 but we need to get to more drug misusers into treatment.

• pregnant: For example, chaotic pregnant misusers may benefit from inpatient assessment, stabilization and detoxification where appropriate.

Noun used with modifier

• stimulant: But there is emerging evidence and practice examples as to how stimulant misusers should be catered for in drug services.

• alcohol: The NTA are planning to consult shortly over the new framework Models of care for alcohol misusers.

• substance: Most were involved in a limited way with managing substance misusers.

• drug: However, not all drug misusers are able or willing to reduce or stop their drug taking.

• cocaine: Bear in mind that existing drug services may be seeing few cocaine misusers or failing to record those they do see.

• heroin: Research findings Summary In some areas, problem crack misuse first spread among heroin misusers.