Drug Of Abuse

Definition: Drug Of Abuse

Drug Of Abuse

Noun

1. A drug that is taken for nonmedicinal reasons (usually for mind-altering effects); drug abuse can lead to physical and mental damage and (with some substances) dependence and addiction.

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Synonym: Drug Of Abuse

Crosswords: Drug Of Abuse

Health

Cocaine is a powerfully addictive drug of abuse. (references)

Dopamine is released as part of the brain's reward system, and is either directly or indirectly involved in the addictive properties of every major drug of abuse. (references)

There has been an enormous increase in the number of people seeking treatment for cocaine addiction during the 1980s and 1990s. Treatment providers in most areas of the country, except in the West and Southwest, report that cocaine is the most commonly cited drug of abuse among their clients. (references)

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Danish

drug, stof (matter, stuff, substance). (various references)

Dutch

drug (drug). (various references)

French

drogue (drug). (various references)

German

Droge (drug), Rauschdroge. (various references)

Greek 

στάφι, πράμα (stuff), δρόγη. (various references)

Italian

droga (dope, drug, narcotic, spice). (various references)

Pig Latin

ugdray ofay abuseay

Portuguese

droga (chaff, doping, drug, nostrum, physic, shebang, tripe), produto (fruit, goods, outgrowth, produce, product, production, progeny, rent-roll, result, spawn, yield). (various references)

Spanish

droga (cocaine, dope, drug, elixir, stuff), mercancía*. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: faubourgs.

-3 letters: faubourg, subgrade.

-4 letters: aerugos, arduous, aroused, augured, badgers, bedrugs, bodegas, borages, brogues, budgers, bureaus, daubers, desugar, dogears, dorbugs, drogues, fedoras, foraged, forages, forbade, gourdes, groused, redbugs, rosebud, subduer, sugared.

-5 letters: abodes, absurd, abused, abuser, adobes, adores, adsorb, aerugo, ardebs, argued, argues, arouse, augers, augurs, aureus, aurous, ausubo, badger, badges, bardes, barfed, barged.