Opioid Misuse

Dimension 706 of 1,100 · Health Lens

Excitement Index

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Opioid Misuse measures the presence and severity of nonmedical opioid use, including craving, problematic use, risky administration, concern from others, and heroin involvement. It encompasses expressions ranging from minimal or absent opioid-related content to entrenched heroin use and addiction-related harm.

evidence final name · Heroin Taken

Bands

Minimal Opioid Misuse

Expressions activating this band contain little to no clear opioid-related misuse content, or only highly indirect, procedural, or unrelated language without a discernible pattern of nonmedical opioid use.

Mild Opioid Misuse

Expressions activating this band reflect early or lower-severity opioid misuse, such as craving pain medication, using drugs to alter mood, recognizing a need for help, or reporting limited experimentation with drugs including cocaine or crack.

Moderate Opioid Misuse

Expressions activating this band indicate established problematic opioid misuse marked by nonprescribed use of prescription pain relievers, drug-related medical consequences, risky injection practices, or serious harm linked to drug use.

High Opioid Misuse

Expressions activating this band center on stronger opioid-specific involvement, especially heroin, morphine, or methadone use, along with concern expressed by others about opiate use and identification with addictive use patterns.

Severe Opioid Misuse

Expressions activating this band reflect persistent heroin use and addiction-related deterioration, including repeated heroin taking, frequent use, overdose risk, relationship loss, and a sense of life disruption driven by opiates.

Evidence summary

Candidate names

Heroin Taken1.00

Use0.50

Opiate0.50

Sentence counts by range

B-8..B-511,586

B-4..B44,943,601

B5..B1126,340

B12..B19259

B20..B3357

Dataset representation

01__health_reviews__druglib__benefits_effectiveness52

03__fact_checking__liar__truth_ordinal44

05__whole_disney_dataset__rating48

06__text_reviews__acl_imdb__binary_sentiment113

07__emotion_labels__goemotions_reddit__multilabel64

08__dialogue_emotion__empathetic_dialogues__context49

10__social_media_sentiment__sentiment140__binary72

11__consumer_complaints__response_explanation_vs_relief61

Anchor definitions

Minimal Heroin Taken

Minimal Heroin Taken: Content characterized by shall, licensee, unfair, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect heroin taken at this level.

Emerging Heroin Taken

Emerging Heroin Taken: Content characterized by here, made, cake, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect heroin taken at this level.

Elevated Heroin Taken

Elevated Heroin Taken: Content characterized by notes, liked, said, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect heroin taken at this level.

Severe Heroin Taken

Severe Heroin Taken: Content characterized by heroin, watching, herpes, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect heroin taken at this level.