Collocations for "drugs"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "drugs" in context.
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drug
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [soft, hard, fatal, lethal, synthetic, addictive] drugs
- a class [A, B, C] drug
- [laboratory, pharmaceutical, prescription, OTC, over-the-counter] drugs
- are [testing, researching, developing] a new drug for [cancer, AIDS]
- working on a drug to cure [cancer]
- the [possession, dealing, trading, sale, importing] of drugs
- the [use, usage, users] of drugs
- is [addicted to, hooked on] drugs
- are testing the (new) drug on [mice, subjects]
- a drug to [combat, beat, cure, prevent]
- arrested for possession of drugs
- arrested for [selling, dealing, possessing] drugs
- found (illegal) drugs hidden in the [car, vehicle, container]
- got [really, very, incredibly] high off the drug
- the drug is meant (to be used) for
- he must have been on drugs!
- [money, fame, power] is his drug
- the [rise, surge, popularity] of synthetic drugs
- the war on drugs
- a new drug on the market
- drugged [my drink, the food, his soup]
- drugged the [drink] with [pcp, laxatives, poison]
- drugged his [enemy, date]
- drug a patient with [sedatives, morphine]
- the [doctor, kidnapper] drugged him
- drugged by the [doctor]
- drugged to [calm, silence, relieve, alleviate, stop]
- drugged and [beaten, raped, smuggled]
- drug [dependence, addiction]
- drug [users, treatment, use, usage, consumption]
- a drug trial (for)
- [embroiled, involved, engaged] in a drug war
- [arrest, imprison, bust] a drug dealer
- a drug bust
- is my drug dealer
'drugs' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
abuse
- addicted
- administration
- alcohol
- amount
- baked
- bang
- blood
- blow
- box
- cache
- carry
- check
- coke
- come
- conceal
- concealed
- consignment
- consume
- conviction
- crack
- crank
- custom
- daze
- dazed
- deal
- death
- delusion
- demon
- designer
- detect
- detection
- developer
- dime
- dispense
- dizzy
- doctor
- dope
- drug
- dull
- enhance
- everyday
- evil
- examine
- felony
- feud
- flake
- fly
- fried
- front