drug

drug
1 /drVg/ noun (C)
1 an illegal substance that people smoke, inject (1) etc to make them feel happy or excited: He was arrested for selling drugs. | take/use drugs: My cousin has been taking drugs for years. | do drugs slang (=take drugs habitually): Has she been doing drugs, or does she always act like this? | be on drugs (=use drugs regularly): My grandfather thinks all kids these days are on drugs. | illegal drugs: They test their employees for traces of illegal drugs. | drug abuse (=the use of illegal drugs): the problem of drug abuse in the inner city | hard drug (=a dangerous drug such as heroin, cocaine etc) | soft drug (=one that is not considered very harmful such as marijuana) | dangerous drugs: a well-known expert on the abuse of dangerous drugs
2 a medicine or a substance for making medicines: a drug used in the treatment of cancer | prescribe a drug: Doctors should only prescribe drugs when it's really necessary.
3 a drug on the market something that cannot be sold because there is too much of it available
—see also: miracle drug miracle (3), designer drug 2 verb drugged, drugging (T)
1 to give someone a drug, especially in order to make feel them tired or go to sleep: They had to drug the lion before they transported it.
2 to add drugs to someone's food or drink to make them feel tired or go to sleep
3 be drugged up (to the eyeballs) especially BrE to have been given a lot of drugs by a doctor: I tried to speak to her after the operation, but she was drugged up to the eyeballs.
4 drugged out AmE always taking and influenced by drugs: Greg's a real smart guy, it's too bad he's drugged out all the time.
— drugged adjective

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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