Sentences with phrase «despite substantial harm»

The findings «highlight the urgency of educating the public, policymakers and health care professionals about high - risk drinking and alcohol use disorder, destigmatizing these conditions, and encouraging those who can not reduce their alcohol consumption on their own — despite substantial harm to themselves and others — to seek treatment,» Grant and her colleagues concluded.

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Contrasting the ADA's requirement to provide accommodations for test taking, the Court said, «respondent can point to no provision of the ADA which would require the State Bar to make accommodations to allow respondent to practice law despite the substantial threat of harm to clients and the public as a result.»

While noting that the husband had certain religious rights, his lack of cooperation resulted in direct, substantial harm to the wife, in a situation where he did not even appear at the court hearing, despite being served through several different methods.

Globally, harmful alcohol use is a major modifiable contributor to the burden of disease.1 The typical age of initiation of alcohol use is around mid-adolescence and for a significant minority of adolescents their alcohol use will result in substantial harms, the most costly of which is alcohol use disorder (AUD).2 Defined as a cluster of symptoms indicating continued alcohol use despite significant problems, AUD is common and imposes a significant burden on the individual, their family and the wider society.