I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a banned substance/drug (= a drug that people competing in a sport are not allowed to take because it improves their performance )
a drug test (= to find out if someone has taken drugs )
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Two athletes were banned from competing after failing drug tests.
a miracle drug (= a very effective drug that cures a serious disease )
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Why is this new miracle drug so expensive?
a murder/burglary/drugs etc charge
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He appeared in court on fraud charges.
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Robins was in jail awaiting trial on drugs charges.
a patient receives treatment/a drug
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Twelve of these patients were receiving treatment with a new drug.
a prescription drug/medicine
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Not everyone can afford the cost of prescription drugs.
a sex/drug/terrorist etc offence
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Thirty-three people were charged with drug offences.
abuse alcohol/drugs
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The proportion of drinkers who abuse alcohol is actually quite small.
alcohol/drug abuse (= the practice of drinking too much or taking illegal drugs )
antiretroviral drug
arms/oil/drug etc shipment
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an illegal arms shipment
combination drug therapies
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new combination drug therapies
controlled drugs (= a drug that is illegal to have without permission from a doctor )
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a police search for controlled drugs
crime/drug etc kingpin
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a mafia kingpin
designer drug
drug addict
drug baron
drug barons
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drug barons
drug bust
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a drug bust
drug czar
drug dealer
drug rehabilitation
drug runner
drug takers
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treatment for drug takers
drug/alcohol misuse
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Children who begin smoking when young are at greater risk from drugs misuse.
drug/alcohol use
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Drug use among teenage boys is on the increase.
drug/heroin/alcohol etc addiction
drug/heroin/morphine etc addict
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a recovering heroin addict
drugs/fraud/vice etc squad
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A controlled explosion was carried out by bomb squad officers.
drugs/gambling/smuggling etc racket
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Police believe he is involved in an international smuggling racket.
fertility drug
gateway drug
generic drugs
got busted for drugs
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Davis got busted for drugs .
hard drugs
illegal drugs
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She was found guilty of possession of illegal drugs.
illicit drugs
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illicit drugs
lifesaving surgery/treatment/drugs etc
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The boy needs a life-saving transplant operation.
peddling drugs
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They were accused of peddling drugs .
soft drug
take drugs (= take illegal drugs )
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Most teenagers start taking drugs through boredom.
the drug scene (= taking illegal drugs )
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He regrets getting caught up in the drug scene.
the drugs/slave trade
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the country’s thriving drugs trade
truth drug
turn to drink/crime/drugs etc
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addicts who turn to crime to finance their habit
under the influence of alcohol/drink/drugs etc
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He was accused of driving while under the influence of alcohol.
wonder drug
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a new wonder drug
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
anti
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Standouts include Douglas's anti-drugs czar whose daughter is a crackhead.
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The drugs were recovered Feb. 4 by the cutter Morgenthau during an anti-drug patrol, Clayton said.
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The last DeKalb sheriff set up an anti-drug taskforce, to the impotent fury of the county police.
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The judgment does not affect Pfizer's patent for sildenafil citrate, the main ingredient of the anti-impotence drug Viagra.
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She didn't smoke or drink and was staunchly anti-drugs .
generic
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More generic drugs are now used, and stocks are much more carefully controlled.
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In New York, one of the big ones is generic drugs .
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Campaigners argue that poor countries faced with a health emergency have a right under international trade legislation to buy generic drugs .
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The drug maker said Congress decided not to grant generic drug makers the right to market their products during the transition.
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Prices of generic drugs have soared by 45 % over the past 15 months.
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It was clear that some economies were possible if more generic drugs were prescribed rather than branded drugs.
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The drugs in these areas were not at the frontier of medical science and acceptable generic drugs existed.
hard
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Dealing in drugs , particularly hard drugs, is not an activity condoned by any of the community organisations on the estate.
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No topless dancers, no hard drugs , no trial.
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Our reporters uncovered a generation who have been sucked into a dark underworld of solvent abuse and hard drugs .
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Tobacco and alcohol are far more harmful than the so-called hard drugs , heroin and cocaine.
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I was really hard on drugs .
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Is it fair to equate alcohol with hard drugs ?
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He accepted that legalisation would not necessarily greatly increase addiction to hard drugs such as cocaine and heroin.
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The linking of alcohol and hard drugs confuses health education messages.
illegal
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It is the criminal activity surrounding the supply of illegal drugs that we should really worry about.
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The depositions touch on rumors of illegal drug use, extramarital affairs and petty squabbling.
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In August 1988, he was arrested for possessing illegal drug paraphernalia - syringes.
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Federal authorities billed the indictment of the drug supplier as a new way to attack illegal drug production.
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The court heard the killing followed a row over money from the sale of illegal drugs .
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After four hours of banging rave tunes and a whole consignment of illegal drugs , they're in the mood to party.
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Similarly, the much greater availability of illegal drugs has led to a phenomenal growth in drug offences.
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Cannabis, the most widely used illegal drug in Britain, is not physically addictive either.
illicit
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The declared goal of Washington's policy is to staunch the flow of illicit drugs .
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As a health officer I am opposed to the use of illicit drugs .
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This study primarily related to stress and to the use of alcohol and illicit drugs .
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Some will argue that all illicit drugs are too dangerous to legalize.
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They had taken away his clothes and his luggage, no doubt to search for illicit drugs .
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One-third of eighth-graders report the use of illicit drugs , including inhalants.
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One-third of girls and almost two-fifths of boys admitted having used illicit drugs .
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Also, watch your intake of alcohol and illicit drugs like marijuana.
intravenous
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Case 2 was a male intravenous drug user, 32, and seropositive since 1986.
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His execution was to have been the first in California using intravenous drugs .
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Today, some research suggests that 50 percent of the city's intravenous drug users have been infected.
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Most HIV-positive intravenous drug users are also infected by hepatitis C virus.
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Conclusions - Seroconversion to HIV-1 among intravenous drug misusers is associated with bacterial pneumonia.
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Most reports describe primary HIV-1 infection among groups other than misusers of intravenous drugs .
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Intake of potentially hepatotoxic drugs , intravenous drug addiction and previous blood transfusions were ruled out in all patients.
new
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The firm has 20 new drugs in its pipeline.
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With a combination of psychotherapy and new psychiatric drugs , between 80 percent and 90 percent of depressed patients get relief.
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They apply as much to the testing of new drugs by the pharmaceutical companies as to that of more mundane products. 1.
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Medicine has generally regarded the placebo effect as a nuisance: it does make research on new medical drugs very difficult.
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Mifepristone is one of a range of new drugs which are anti-hormones.
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He turned out to be a bone expert who suggested a new drug for Pauline, 36.
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I had been told that the new drug had side-effects.
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So basic research and the discovery of new drugs for mental disorder are almost inseparable.
recreational
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There have been occasional remarks that some players may have dallied for a time with what are known as recreational drugs .
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In fact, caffeine is arguably the safest recreational drug .
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The project will look at recreational drug use and examine the implications for agencies working with young people.
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And yet, despite its safety and mildness relative to other recreational drugs , caffeine still unquestionably alters brain function.
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Also: no caffeine, nicotine, alcohol or recreational drugs .
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In many ways, caffeine is in a different league from other recreational drugs .
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In the concluding chapter, Jonnes takes issue with those who favor decriminalization or legalization of recreational drugs .
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The only other recreational drug used in this way is nicotine, which is also seldom used for outright intoxication.
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abuse
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Errol Flynn's drug abuse was only revealed after his death.
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The center also will offer referrals for drug abuse counseling if requested.
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Over the years of football authorities have become obsessed with rooting out drug abuse in the game.
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Alcohol and tobacco accelerate epidemics, such as tuberculosis and drug abuse .
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The shock statistics reveal a sharp rise in drug abuse of all kinds among teenagers over the past two years.
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The state alcohol and drug abuse agency was put into conservatorship last year after state officials discovered that money had been misspent.
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Yates had a history of drug abuse for which she received treatment.
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Now he has called on other schools in the town to unite in a crusade against violence and drug abuse .
addict
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The Grammy and MusiCares Foundation, which also helps alcoholics and drug addicts , will benefit and the song could raise millions.
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Habitual petty thieves and drug addicts dumped on top of their already bulging caseload become their newest clients.
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The prison reform group says one problem is a lack of treatment for drug addicts in jail.
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The people look furtive, like drug addicts , as they take them out in stacks of four or five.
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Unfortunately, much of the opium produced by the plants ends up in the bloodstreams of drug addicts .
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Here they began a small home for alcoholics and drug addicts .
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What is the welfare of the drug addict , under the influence of the drug?
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The four persons who were beaten and burned not only were homeless, but were reported by police to be drug addicts .
addiction
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It is often thought that drug addiction is a failure of will-power and is evidence of a weak will or inadequate personality.
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Many are afflicted by alcoholism, drug addiction , and depression.
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That included his descent into drug addiction and his relationship with his father, the Duke of Marlborough.
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Furthermore, because alcohol and other mood-altering chemicals are cross-addictive, we shall probably always have drug addiction as well.
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Some one kind, some one whose life -- and thus hers -- is not ruled by the demons of drug addiction and alcoholism.
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The results are clear to see: divorce, child and wife abuse, alcoholism and drug addiction .
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They cared little for themselves; they were in and out of hospital for drug addiction and overdoses and abortions.
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Nor were muggings, attacks on old ladies and children, and drug addiction .
cartel
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If Paez is extradited to the United States, he could potentially be a source of important information on the drug cartel .
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Meanwhile, the Medellin drug cartel has been largely dismantled and its leader, Pablo Escobar, was killed.
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Harvey Weinig Convicted of laundering $ 19m for the Cali drug cartel .
company
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And what of the drug companies ?
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Global marketing; big drugs companies try to ease the pain of more competition by selling products worldwide.
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But other drugs companies have new products which they hope will do this.
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If it was a drug company , they rely pretty heavily on impressive animal test data to put the product over.
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But we can be reasonably sure that the drug company will not guarantee the potency of the sample beyond its sell-by date.
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The minister can make a decision that a drug is too expensive and the drug companies have no right to defend themselves.
overdose
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Mr Hayward said Roberts had tried to kill himself again in the last day or two with a drugs overdose .
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They stamp out graffiti, quash drug deals, bust carjacking rings, rescue drug overdose victims, even prevent suicides.
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Finally, the patient himself asked that the doctors kill him: they did so - through a drugs overdose .
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One boy died in a mysterious fire, another of a drug overdose .
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Soon after that, she ended up in hospital after a drug overdose .
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A full inquiry has been launched to find out how Newall, 27, was able to take a drugs overdose .
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Since 1980 the number of drug overdose deaths has increased by 540 %.
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He was working with the Woody Herman band at the time of his death following a drug overdose .
prescription
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And yes, there is a prescription drug for that-Revia, from Du Pont.
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The Food and Drug Administration Tuesday announced a program aimed at providing consumers with better information about prescription drugs .
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It hopes to sell Tagamet, now a prescription drug , this way.
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The autopsy would eventually show that Mom had taken three different prescription drugs .
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HMOs are fleeing Arizona's rural counties, leaving seniors with rising prescription drug bills and no coverage.
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So do Gore's hopes of securing a universal prescription drug benefit for the elderly.
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Most senior citizens also lack coverage for prescription drugs and dental care, which are not covered by Medicare.
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Within the pharmaceutical division, prescription drug sales rose 9 percent in local currencies.
problem
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Dennis Hopper's life reflects Hollywood's drug problem over the past three decades.
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The authorities of New College have also begun investigating the extent of the drugs problem there.
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What I did not know at the time was that his drinking problem stemmed from his drug problem.
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Low numbers might indicate that there is no drug problem .
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About three years ago, I wrote a column about Daryl Strawberry and his ongoing drug problem .
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Need help with a drug problem ?
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There was a flip side to this drug problem as well.
squad
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It was last August that drug squad officers raided a barn at Chalford near Stroud.
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Melvin Blizzard, a drug squad supervisor.
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August 20: Cannabis plants worth £2,500 seized by drugs squad officers at a house in the Waterside area of Londonderry.
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On January 1, 1982, Coetzee was transferred too the drugs squad .
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Attempts to control drug use, through the formation of drug squads , helped to amplify it.
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Detective Sergeant Kenneth Simpson of the Strathclyde police's drugs squad knows the type of man he is looking for.
test
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Under the governing body's initiative, some karate competitions now include a random drug test .
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Subsequent drug tests revealed the boys had used cocaine, police said.
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But he stressed that he told officials about it at the post-match drugs test .
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The drug tests have been done so far only in fruit flies.
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What they are actually selling is drug tests for employees.
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Her disputed drug test was taken in Tempe unlike the Reynolds' test, administered outside the United States.
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The second point is that you may be asked to take a drug test at any squad session.
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Later the same year, a pair of runners refused to submit to random drug tests .
therapy
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Finally, such medical care will generally involve invasive drug therapy .
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Thus, it seems most reasonable to PostPone drug therapy of primary hyperuricemia until clinical manifestations occur.
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Programmed ventricular stimulation not only helps to guide the selection of antiarrhythmic drug therapy but also provides important prognostic information.
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Disseminated histoplasmosis can be treated effectively if the diagnosis is made quickly and anti-fungal drug therapy is started early.
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The results of this approach are that some individuals may be committed to lifelong drug therapy which they do not need.
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Were he alive today, Tchaikovsky would be a candidate for psychiatric counseling and drug therapy .
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Without drug therapy she risks developing liver cancer, which would make a transplant her only hope of survival.
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The outlook for pharmacist initiation and modification of drug therapy .
trade
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Expansion of the international drug trade , exploiting the inner-urban under-class.
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Consider the school principal who discovers students wearing beepers to stay in contact with their superiors in the drug trade .
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He's up to his black eyeballs in the drug trade .
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Experts disagree about the extent of the expansion of Tupac Amaru and Sendero Luminoso into the drug trade .
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In view of this, the drugs trade looks like a Godsend.
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Residents fled the downtown, businesses boarded up and gangs and drug trade became commonplace.
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Meanwhile Customs and Excise is celebrating what it believes to be a significant blow to the drugs trade .
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For their part, neither Carrillo nor Guzman are considered pacifists within the drug trade .
trafficker
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This creates an offence of assisting a drug trafficker to retain the benefits of his or her proceeds.
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Extradition is a terrifying prospect for drug traffickers , who fear hard time in U.S. prisons.
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In 1987 he had led a campaign for the extradition of drug traffickers .
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In addition, all charges against self-confessed drug traffickers would in future be heard by the same judge.
trafficking
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This new power to presume guilt of unspecified offences was advertised as a unique response to the unique evil of drug trafficking .
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The provisions on drug trafficking streamline the confiscation procedure.
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Linked to the Mafia he was also behind counterfeit currency scams and drug trafficking .
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The Assembly also agreed on closer co-operation on the environment, on regional security and in the fight against drug trafficking .
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They will vigorously pursue their policies to combat drug trafficking and misuse of drugs, nationally and internationally.
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He also suggested seeking technical and military assistance from abroad to deal with such problems as drug trafficking .
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Co-operation on drug trafficking was also discussed.
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A number of prisoners detained in connection with alleged drug trafficking had been held without trial since 1991.
treatment
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Supervised clinical training is provided in cytotoxic drug treatment and radiation therapy.
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The publication also is distributed to youth clubs, clinics, school libraries, drug treatment centers and churches across the country.
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Evaluation of the cost effectiveness of drug treatment is in its infancy, and health economics can inform the debate.
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Moreover, few patients, if any, have their cholesterol decreased to very low levels with drug treatment .
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Tranquilliser Dependence Many local drug treatment centres provide services to meet the particular needs of people dependent on drugs such as tranquillisers.
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The duration of such drug treatment is an individual judgment.
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They then put the infected cells back into the babies without giving any drug treatment .
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A law to give counties funds to develop drug treatment on demand.
use
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There is a theory that even if drug testing is flawed, it at least deters drug use .
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Wavy Gravy, romancer of a suburban rock culture where drug use almost never results in mandatory sentencing.
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But this trendy new board game is littered with connotations of drug use .
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Fifteen were later expelled for drug use .
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All of their lives are reduced to their drug use .
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The incident began early Sunday when San Jose police began chasing the man for resisting arrest and drug use .
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Illicit drug use also has to be set against the context of prescribed drug-taking.
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From a public health perspective, these are very effective programs that do not encourage drug use .
user
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Many of these predisposing factors are observed more often among drug users than among homosexual men.
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So too with the cost of mental health care and of rehabilitation programs for drug users and for alcoholics.
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The police had rounded up a circle of drug users and suppliers.
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Most HIV-positive intravenous drug users are also infected by hepatitis C virus.
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The strongly increased incidence among drug users who seroconverted is probably due to the temporary immunological depression associated with seroconversion.
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One out of the 18 drug users who seroconverted suffered from oesophageal candidiasis at the time of seroconversion.
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Pneumonia was the clinical symptom most strongly associated with seroconversion among drug users .
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He says it's vital that drug users have access to supplies of clean syringes.
war
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Nor, by the way, will it win the drugs war .
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Under the law, the United States suspends all assistance programs to any country not certified as cooperating in the drug war .
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So why does the drug war keep growing?
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Before he was reincarnated as Mr Virtue, Bennett commanded the drug war in the Bush administration.
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The drug war is a skirmish, the leftist gangs an irritant.
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The incident has cast light on the creeping privatisation of the drug war .
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control
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But some of the patients will still have a tremor, even though their stiffness is satisfactorily controlled by the drug .
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It can also be relieved or controlled by drugs and in severe cases, surgery.
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Stubbornness: Individual willpower, the absolute determination to control drinking or drug use, is exactly what keeps the disease going.
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Attempts to control drug use, through the formation of drug squads, helped to amplify it.
deal
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You are suspected of dealing in drugs , Lizzy.
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It is considered particularly effective in dealing with certain drug abusers.
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They are alleged to have dealt in drugs in the Milton Keynes and Aylesbury areas and were involved in car crime.
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The younger two kids are still doing fine, the older is in jail for dealing drugs .
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Time allowed 08:27 I dealt drugs in jail.
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If some one dealt drugs out of the apartment next door, residents could complain-but the system rarely responded.
involve
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They say they have only tenuous evidence Gary might have been involved in drugs .
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The plane crash involves Dave with drug dealers, killers and federal agents, all of whom threaten his peace and family.
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And if so, which organism is involved , and what drug sensitivity do you have?
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Now the military, especially the air force, is becoming much more involved in drug interdiction.
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Was he involved in the drugs ring Adam was still convinced was operating in the club?
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None of our kids have been involved with drugs , but they had lots of suggestions.
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The brothers who beat him up are involved in the drugs racket.
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No one in his family was involved with drugs and he had never been arrested.
prescribe
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The clinic responded with two more alarm clocks before prescribing drugs .
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Some rape victims might be lucky enough to encounter an emergency room doctor who will prescribe the drugs .
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It follows that careful monitoring of patients for their susceptibility to depression before prescribing mood-altering drugs would be a wise precaution.
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Therefore, I initiate disulfiram treatment by prescribing the drug for the patient to self-administer.
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But the nursing staff, understandably enough, wanted to check his identity before prescribing the drugs .
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They are examined by a physician who works for Nutri / System and will prescribe the diet drugs .
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In many cases it is particularly important to discuss the reasons for not prescribing psychotropic drugs .
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However, when the doctors prescribe a drug , it is evidently science.
sell
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You got ta sell the drugs to make the money.
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He would like to see it sold through local drug stores.
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They have broken our by laws by selling drugs and drink, camping and using vehicles.
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A lot of them are selling drugs or on drugs or in jail.
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Danny Gardiner said he sold drugs to Chalky White ... but he had nothing to do with his death.
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The Population Council also announced it had set up a new company, Advances for Choice, to sell the drug .
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What they are actually selling is drug tests for employees.
take
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Some, as you know, seek revenge - they riot, they take drugs and generally make damned nuisances of themselves.
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He also emphasizes that men considering taking the drug first discuss it with their partner.
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Once you've taken the drug , your next decision could be influenced by that drug.
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About 3 1 / 2 hours after taking the drug , Head expelled the embryo, she said.
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Both the phosphorylation of receptors and their absence means that it takes more of the drug to obtain the same effect.
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Here's what you have to do to get the celluloid treatment. Take lots of drugs .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
banking/drug/health etc czar
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Barry R.. McCaffrey, White House drug czar .
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Our drug czar watches in impotence as shooting wars between drug gangs erupt in city after city.
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Similarly, when Dole asserts that Clinton reduced the office of drug czar by 83 percent, he is on solid ground.
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Standouts include Douglas's anti-drugs czar whose daughter is a crackhead.
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When drug traffic escalates, they appoint a national drug czar .
drug/alcohol dependence
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His father says that David accepts the sentence, and is getting treatment for his drug dependence .
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Most people make the change from occasional social drinking to alcohol dependence gradually.
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Studies of twins and of alcohol-dependent patients point to an inherited vulnerability to alcohol dependence , too.
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The higher figures came for such easy-to-call labels as bulimia and alcohol and drug dependence .
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You can get treatment for drug dependence , mostly as an outpatient.
drug/dope/cocaine etc fiend
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It was bad to see him that way, angry and shivering a little like a dope fiend .
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We pour another glass and vent our spleen on drug barons and dope fiends .
miracle cure/drug
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I can call myself lucky because streptomycin, the miracle drug, is newly available.
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If so, tax cuts would be the miracle cure.
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Last week medical research came up with another miracle drug.
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Salesmen sell miracle cures for all kinds of diseases.
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The miracle cure is when the patient helped cure himself..
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The alternatives have very seldom been tested in any scientific way, and their promises of miracle cures are usually anecdotal.
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The fear of chemicals can also delay new miracle drugs from entering the market.
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Unfortunately, there is no miracle cure for thinning hair but there are some very good treatments around.
performance-enhancing drug/product/supplement etc
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Seven of the 12 winners tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs.
run drugs/guns
under the influence (of alcohol/drink/drugs etc)
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Cowan suggests that the strength of the excitatory interactions increases relative to that of the inhibitory interactions under the influence of the drug.
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Teenagers under the influence of the locally produced khat narcotic plant were said to be responsible for much of the artillery fire.
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The motor velocity increases under the influence of the positive torque and the equilibrium position is attained with maximum velocity.
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The roads, under the influence of the rain, were becoming shocking.
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The weather became cooler under the influences of cold breezes from the frozen north, observed my master.
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Today I write this, happily, under the influence of a drug.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a new campaign to warn teens about the danger of drugs
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Dewey said that legalizing marijuana would encourage people to experiment with hard drugs such as cocaine or heroin.
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Four teenagers were arrested for selling drugs.
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Many researchers think that the drug may help prevent prostate cancer.
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Morphine is a very powerful drug .
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One disadvantage of the drug is that it is very expensive.
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Seven out of ten teenagers said they had tried soft drugs.
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She has been treated for alcohol and drug abuse.
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The drugs I take for hay fever make me feel very drowsy.
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The agency's efforts to reduce the flow of illegal drugs into the United States has largely failed.
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The article says that Ware tried to commit suicide by combining prescription drugs and alcohol.
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The New Jersey drug maker will begin marketing its new anti-balding medication in April.
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The organization tries to deal with the widespread problems of drug addiction and alcoholism.
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Thompson was arrested for selling drugs in the fall of 1992.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A lot of work will have to be done before human beings start taking drugs in dissolving glass.
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Alcohol and drug misusers may fear approaching statutory agencies for help, especially if they are parents.
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Back then, because of drugs, I lost everything I had.
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Conclusions - Seroconversion to HIV-1 among intravenous drug misusers is associated with bacterial pneumonia.
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D.W. had come in over ocean and flown low as a drug smuggler over what might as well be called treetops.
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Despite being a rich drug dealer, he never misses a class.
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In facing the challenge of drug abuse, the media have never been less monolithic.
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One of the early ones was dinitrophenol, the first synthetic drug used for weight reduction.
II. verb
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
banking/drug/health etc czar
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Barry R.. McCaffrey, White House drug czar .
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Our drug czar watches in impotence as shooting wars between drug gangs erupt in city after city.
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Similarly, when Dole asserts that Clinton reduced the office of drug czar by 83 percent, he is on solid ground.
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Standouts include Douglas's anti-drugs czar whose daughter is a crackhead.
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When drug traffic escalates, they appoint a national drug czar .
drug/alcohol dependence
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His father says that David accepts the sentence, and is getting treatment for his drug dependence .
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Most people make the change from occasional social drinking to alcohol dependence gradually.
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Studies of twins and of alcohol-dependent patients point to an inherited vulnerability to alcohol dependence , too.
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The higher figures came for such easy-to-call labels as bulimia and alcohol and drug dependence .
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You can get treatment for drug dependence , mostly as an outpatient.
drug/dope/cocaine etc fiend
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It was bad to see him that way, angry and shivering a little like a dope fiend .
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We pour another glass and vent our spleen on drug barons and dope fiends .
drugged/doped up to the eyeballs
miracle cure/drug
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I can call myself lucky because streptomycin, the miracle drug, is newly available.
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If so, tax cuts would be the miracle cure.
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Last week medical research came up with another miracle drug.
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Salesmen sell miracle cures for all kinds of diseases.
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The miracle cure is when the patient helped cure himself..
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The alternatives have very seldom been tested in any scientific way, and their promises of miracle cures are usually anecdotal.
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The fear of chemicals can also delay new miracle drugs from entering the market.
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Unfortunately, there is no miracle cure for thinning hair but there are some very good treatments around.
performance-enhancing drug/product/supplement etc
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Seven of the 12 winners tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs.
under the influence (of alcohol/drink/drugs etc)
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Cowan suggests that the strength of the excitatory interactions increases relative to that of the inhibitory interactions under the influence of the drug.
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Teenagers under the influence of the locally produced khat narcotic plant were said to be responsible for much of the artillery fire.
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The motor velocity increases under the influence of the positive torque and the equilibrium position is attained with maximum velocity.
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The roads, under the influence of the rain, were becoming shocking.
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The weather became cooler under the influences of cold breezes from the frozen north, observed my master.
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Today I write this, happily, under the influence of a drug.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Collins says she was drugged and then raped on their first date.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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We can't all be permanently drugged.