Substance use, recovery, and linguistics: The impact of word choice on explicit and implicit bias

•Implicit bias testing shows that commonly used terms elicit strong negative bias.•Pharmacotherapy, Long-Term Recovery, and Substance Use Disorder should be used.•Addict, Substance Abuser, Alcoholic, and Relapse should be avoided.•Medication-Assisted Treatment should also be avoided.•Terms to descri...

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