Ch. 758                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND

(2) ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE; OR

(3) ALCOHOL ADDICTION.

(D) "ALCOHOL ABUSER" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO:

(1) HAS AN ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE OR ALCOHOL ADDICTION;

(2) BECAUSE OF REPEATED USE OF ALCOHOL, IS IN

IMMINENT DANGER OF HAVING AN ALCOHOL ADDICTION OR DEPENDENCE; OR

(3) SHOWS CLINICALLY DEFINABLE SYMPTOMS OF ALCOHOL
ABUSE.

(E) "ALCOHOL ADDICTION" MEANS A PHYSICAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL
DEPENDENCE ON ALCOHOL THAT IS CHARACTERIZED BY:

(1) OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR RELATED TO ALCOHOL
ABUSE;

(2) THE INABILITY TO STOP THE INGESTION OF ALCOHOL;
AND

(3) CONTINUED USE OF ALCOHOL IN THE FACE OF DANGER OR
ADVERSE CIRCUMSTANCES.

(C) "ALCOHOL MISUSE" MEANS:

(1) UNLAWFUL USE OF ALCOHOL;

(2) ALCOHOL ABUSE; OR

(3) ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE.

(D) "ALCOHOL ABUSE" MEANS A DISEASE THAT IS CHARACTERIZED
BY A PATTERN OF PATHOLOGICAL USE OF ALCOHOL WITH REPEATED
ATTEMPTS TO CONTROL ITS USE, AND WITH SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE
CONSEQUENCES IN AT LEAST ONE OF THE FOLLOWING AREAS OF LIFE:
MEDICAL, LEGAL, FINANCIAL, OR PSYCHO-SOCIAL.

(E) "ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE" MEANS A DISEASE CHARACTERIZED BY:

(1) ALCOHOL ABUSE; AND

(2) PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS OF WITHDRAWAL OR TOLERANCE.

(F)  "DIRECTOR" MEANS THE DIRECTOR OF THE ADMINISTRATION.

(G)  "DRUG" MEANS:

(1) A CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCE THAT IS
REGULATED UNDER THE MARYLAND CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES ACT;

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