Substance Use
Dimension 670 of 1,100 · Health Lens
Substance Use measures the extent to which an expression reflects experience with consuming psychoactive substances, especially smoking-related and cannabis-related use. It encompasses experimentation, sensory enjoyment, recurring use, and references to stronger or more habitual patterns of consumption.
evidence final name · Mainly Weed
Minimal Substance Use
Expressions activating this band contain little to no clear substance-use content, or mention use only indirectly, incidentally, or as a low-salience background topic.
Experimental Substance Use
Expressions activating this band describe trying substances, past use, occasional use, or broad exposure to smoking, alcohol, inhalants, hallucinogens, or other drugs without clear evidence of sustained involvement.
Active Substance Use
Expressions activating this band describe definite personal use with a clearer focus on smoking or cannabis, including having used, trying repeatedly, or enjoying the act of inhaling smoke.
Frequent Substance Use
Expressions activating this band describe ongoing and more regular use, especially cannabis or tobacco use framed in terms of frequency, preferred form, or typical consumption pattern.
Heavy Substance Use
Expressions activating this band reflect strongly habitual or intensified substance use, with colloquial drug references and language suggestive of potency, dependence, or entrenched smoking-related behavior.
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Minimal Mainly Weed: Content characterized by high, restaurant, customer, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect mainly weed at this level.
Emerging Mainly Weed: Content characterized by gas, out, purely, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect mainly weed at this level.
Elevated Mainly Weed: Content characterized by mainly, onemain, taken, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect mainly weed at this level.
Severe Mainly Weed: Content characterized by kush, weed, primarily, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect mainly weed at this level.