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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Addict Behav. 2018 Apr 12;32(4):485–495. doi: 10.1037/adb0000354

Table 2.

Proportions of respondents (n=446) who rated non-abstinence completely or somewhat acceptable as a function of substance, diagnosis (i.e., ICD-10 harmful use or dependence syndrome), and finality of treatment outcome goal (i.e., intermediate or final goal).

Harmful Use Dependence Syndrome
Substance Intermediate Final Intermediate Final
Tobacco 93% 90% 91% 78%
Cannabis 93 71 68 16
Alcohol 86 70 52 12
Opioids 68 33 27 10
Sedatives 64 26 23 10
Synthetic Cannabis 15 8 10 7
Synthetic Cathinones 12 6 9 5
Methamphetamine 11 6 10 7
Cocaine 11 7 11 7
Hallucinogens 10 6 8 5