1 an illegal substance that some people smoke, INJECT, etc. to give them pleasant or exciting feelings:
He does not smoke or take drugs. * teenagers experimenting with drugs * I found out Steve was on drugs (= regularly used drugs). * drug and alcohol abuse * a hard (= very harmful) drug such as heroin * a soft drug (= one that is not considered very harmful) * Drugs have been seized with a street value of two million dollars. * She was a drug addict (= could not stop using drugs). * She was found to be under the influence of drugs. * He was charged with pushing drugs (= selling them). * (informal) I don't do drugs (= use them). * drug rehabilitation
2 a substance used as a medicine or used in a medicine:
prescribed drugs * The doctor put me on a course of pain-killing drugs. * drug companies * The drug has some bad side effects.
seealsoDESIGNERDRUG
verb (-gg-) [VN]
1 to give a person or an animal a drug, especially to make them unconscious, or to affect their performance in a race or competition:
He was drugged and bundled into the back of the car. * It's illegal to drug horses before a race.
2 to add a drug to sb's food or drink to make them unconscious or sleepy:
Her drink must have been drugged.
IDIOMS
drugged up to the eyeballs to have taken or been given a lot of drugs
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