Drug I Drʌɡ Found Smoke Soft Medicine Companies

• 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

drug

1. an illegal substance that some people smoke, inject, etc. for the physical and mental effects it has
• 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).
• 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.

Extra Examples

• He’s taking drugs for depression.
• Many addicts start on soft drugs, such as cannabis.
• Prescription drug prices rose.
• She confessed to having experimented with drugs in her youth.
• She took a tablet of the designer drug Ecstasy.
• Some addicts start on soft drugs.
• Some infections are now resistant to drugs.
• Some veterinary drugs are not approved for use in food-producing animals.
• Some workplaces have introduced mandatory drug screening.
• The doctor put me on anti-inflammatory drugs.
• The new federal drug czar claimed the nation was winning the war on drugs.
• The nurses came around to give the patients their drugs.
• They committed the crime while high on drugs.
• They had a liberal attitude to recreational drugs.
• They’re hailing it as the new wonder drug.
• We want to make it possible for African companies to produce cheaper generic drugs.
• You used to be able to buy this medicine over the counter, but it is now a prescription drug.
• a powerful drug against tuberculosis
• a review of the drug sentencing laws to make penalties harsher
• an athlete who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs
• drugs that help the growth of skin tissue
• heroin and other hard drugs
• new drugs that have been developed recently
• the dangers of drink and drugs
• the government’s former drugs tsar
• the latest moves in the drug war
• Drug companies are always developing new products.
• Drugs have been seized with a street value of 2 million dollars.
• He does not smoke or take drugs.
• He was charged with pushing drugs.
• I don’t do drugs.
• I found out Tim was on drugs.
• a drug addict/dealer

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Old French drogue, possibly from Middle Dutch droge vate, literally ‘dry vats’, referring to the contents (i.e. dry goods).