drug

Universal Words noun, verb noun 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