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Meanings of
illegal drugs
in English
Portuguese
drogas ilegais
Spanish
droga ilegal
Catalan
droga il·lícita
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Psychoactive drug whose possession or trade is outlawed.
drugs
narcotics
narcotic
illegal drug
illicit drugs
drug of abuse
illicit drug
prohibited drug
street drugs
street drug
Portuguese
drogas ilegais
Synonyms
Examples for "
drugs
"
drugs
narcotics
narcotic
illegal drug
illicit drugs
Examples for "
drugs
"
1
Today his father Stephen said the government needs to ban synthetic
drugs
.
2
Background: Generic atypical antipsychotic
drugs
offer health authorities opportunities for considerable savings.
3
The biggest consumer market for illicit
drugs
,
however, remains the marijuana market.
4
Main outcome measures: Medical and nonmedical use of prescription
drugs
was measured.
5
The
drugs
currently used are not specific and exert serious toxic effects.
1
Volume that large suggested it included illegal
narcotics
proceeds, the report said.
2
Schedule II
narcotics
are defined as having a high potential for abuse.
3
But critics question the
counter
-
narcotics
portion as Colombia remains the world's No.
4
But it's not
narcotics
trafficking. Legal experts expressed surprise over the sentence.
5
I know the Bradley case looks like a
narcotics
vendetta but .
1
Often on those walks I used to think I needed a
narcotic
.
2
Parents, schools and the media constantly decry the dangers of
narcotic
substances.
3
In large amounts, it's a
narcotic
:
it numbs feeling and clouds thought.
4
These patients were assessed after surgery for pain control and
narcotic
-
associated
complications.
5
The craving for the
narcotic
at a stated time is almost irresistible.
1
It has not confirmed whether the unknown substance was an
illegal
drug
.
2
You seem to think it's a lark to use an
illegal
drug
.
3
Smith pleaded guilty to importing a commercial quantity of an
illegal
drug
.
4
Then there are the findings about smoking, drinking and
illegal
drug
use.
5
This is to misunderstand the effect of the
illegal
drug
problem on society.
1
The biggest consumer market for
illicit
drugs
,
however, remains the marijuana market.
2
By far the biggest industry in Afghanistan is the
illicit
drugs
trade.
3
In Ireland police officers want the full decriminalisation of all
illicit
drugs
.
4
The biggest consumer market for
illicit
drugs
is in marijuana and hashish.
5
Mexico is both a source of
illicit
drugs
and a transit country.
1
However, case reports have established carisoprodol as a
drug
of
abuse
.
2
It is a
drug
of
abuse
and has been detected among impaired drivers.
3
During this period, LSD increasingly came to be viewed as a
drug
of
abuse
.
4
It too has become a
drug
of
abuse
.
5
Krokodil has become a popular
drug
of
abuse
because it is cheap and easy to make.
1
Government efforts to cooperate with international partners to control
illicit
drug
trade.
2
Centre on Substance Use, said the region's
illicit
drug
supply was already tainted.
3
Context: Cannabis is the most widely used
illicit
drug
in the developed world.
4
Marijuana is easily the most popular
illicit
drug
in New Zealand.
5
In Australia, cannabis arrests account for the largest proportion of
illicit
drug
arrests.
1
Ms Austen is also charged with importing the
prohibited
drug
,
Pentobarbitone, into New Zealand.
2
She was charged with supply
prohibited
drug
and will appeared at Burwood Local Court next year.
3
Both were charged with manufacturing a
prohibited
drug
.
4
She was charged with supply
prohibited
drug
,
deal in property proceeds of crime and possess
prohibited
drug
.
5
He was charged with supply
prohibited
drug
(indictable quantity), and dealing with property proceeds of crime.
1
They told me I'd been given a heavy mix of
street
drugs
.
2
Many turned to
street
drugs
like heroin once their prescription ended.
3
I was forced to buy
street
drugs
as they are less expensive, he said.
4
This is not
street
drugs
,
this is the pure form that could be used therapeutically.
5
In the wake of plant closures, however, overdose death rates rose for both prescription and
street
drugs
.
1
Whoonga The name of a
street
drug
said to contain anti-retroviral drugs.
2
If they haven't been injecting some crazy new
street
drug
-
3
Marijuana is currently the most widely abused
street
drug
.
4
I suppose it's some new
street
drug
.
5
Alcoholism, personality disorders, organic psychoses, and
street
drug
addiction did not have significantly increased risks of suicide.
Usage of
illegal drugs
in English
1
Anti-narcotics operations this year have brought in 46 tonnes of
illegal
drugs
.
2
There is also a secular charge: use and distribution of
illegal
drugs
.
3
Internationally, the
illegal
drugs
trade is larger than any other illegal activity.
4
But do you know what the experimentation statistics are for
illegal
drugs
?
5
With this came the involvement of some in the
illegal
drugs
trade.
6
Organisers say they treat legal highs on a par with
illegal
drugs
.
7
It becomes the largest
illegal
drugs
seizure in the CNMI since 2018.
8
Most of the people were charged with unlawful possession of
illegal
drugs
.
9
And the malign influence of
illegal
drugs
feeds into that dangerous mix.
10
Gardaí have made 24 seizures of
illegal
drugs
in Dublin's Mountjoy Prison.
11
The violence is a direct outgrowth of the flourishing trade in
illegal
drugs
.
12
The
illegal
drugs
trade is the engine which drives major crime.
13
Rather, it's the abuse of
illegal
drugs
and alcohol that perpetuates these crimes.
14
He said no
illegal
drugs
or alcohol had been found at this stage.
15
He says it is needed to keep out undocumented immigrants and
illegal
drugs
.
16
Surveys show three-quarters of Irish people have not taken
illegal
drugs
.
Other examples for "illegal drugs"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
This collocation consists of:
illegal
drugs
illegal
Adjective
drug
Noun
Translations for
illegal drugs
Portuguese
drogas ilegais
drogas ilícitas
droga ilícita
Spanish
droga ilegal
droga
droga ilícita
Catalan
droga il·lícita
Illegal drugs
through the time
Illegal drugs
across language varieties
New Zealand
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common
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