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Editorial
. 2024 Jan 8:18:11782218231222908.
doi: 10.1177/11782218231222908. eCollection 2024 Jan-Dec.

What's in a Name? Destigmatizing Language Regarding People Who Use Alcohol or Drugs in Publications and Journal Title

Gregory L Stuart  1 , Susan E Ramsey  2
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What's in a Name? Destigmatizing Language Regarding People Who Use Alcohol or Drugs in Publications and Journal Title

Gregory L Stuart et al. Subst Use. .
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Conflict of interest statement

The author(s) declared the following potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Gregory Stuart serves as the Editor in Chief and Susan Ramsey serves as the Deputy Editor in Chief for the journal.

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