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drug noun
1 substance used as a medicine
ADJ. powerful, strong | modern, new | wonder They're hailing it as the new wonder drug. | sedative | anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, anti-malarial, etc. | prescription You used to be able to buy this medicine over the counter, but it is now a prescription drug.
QUANT. course, dose
VERB + DRUG be on, take Are you taking any other drugs at present? | prescribe (sb), put sb on The doctor put me on anti-inflammatory drugs. | give sb, treat sb with | administer, give sb The nurses came round to give the patients their drugs. | develop new drugs that have been developed recently | be resistant to, not respond to Some infections are now resistant to drugs.
DRUG + VERB cure sth, help sth, treat sth drugs that help the growth of skin tissue
DRUG + NOUN company
PREP. ~ against a powerful drug against tuberculosis | ~ for He's taking drugs for depression.
2 illegal substance
ADJ. illegal | addictive, hallucinogenic | dangerous, hard heroin and other hard drugs | soft (= not considered very dangerous) Many addicts start on soft drugs, such as cannabis. | designer (= artificially produced) She took a tablet of the designer drug Ecstasy.
VERB + DRUG inject (See note for more verbs.)
DRUG + NOUN baron, pusher | cartel | misuse | drug/drugs charges, offence | squad | war the latest moves in the drug war (See note for more nouns.)
PHRASES drink and drugs the dangers of drink and drugs
More information about DRUG
do (informal), experiment with, take, try, use ~ The minister confessed to having experimented with cannabis in her youth.
be/get high on ~ They committed the crime while high on drugs.
be addicted to, be dependent on, be/get hooked on, be on (informal)~ He seemed to be on acid most of the time.
be/come off ~ He's tried several times to come off cocaine.
possess ~ arrested on charges of possessing narcotics
deal (in), sell, smuggle, supply, traffic (in) ~The country imposes the death penalty for trafficking in marijuana.
seize ~ The heroin seized has an estimated street value of £600 000.
~ abuse, addiction, consumption, use Cannabis consumption has increased sharply.
~ habit, problem She allegedly has a $500-a-day coke habit.
~ overdose Heroin overdose is a major cause of death among heroin users.
~ addict, user~ dealer, trafficker, smuggler~ production, smuggling, trade, trafficking The authorities have been accused of active involvement in the narcotics trade.
addiction to, dependence on, use of ~ the use of cocaine
trade in ~ measures to combat the trade in narcotics