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DESIGNER DRUG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does designer drug mean?
• DESIGNER DRUG (noun)
The noun DESIGNER DRUG has 1 sense:
1. a psychoactive drug deliberately synthesized to avoid anti-drug laws; mimics the effects of a banned drug; law was revised in 1986 to ban designer drugs
Familiarity information: DESIGNER DRUG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A psychoactive drug deliberately synthesized to avoid anti-drug laws; mimics the effects of a banned drug; law was revised in 1986 to ban designer drugs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("designer drug" is a kind of...):
consciousness-altering drug; mind-altering drug; psychoactive drug; psychoactive substance (a drug that can produce mood changes and distorted perceptions)
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