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RECREATIONAL DRUG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does recreational drug mean?
• RECREATIONAL DRUG (noun)
The noun RECREATIONAL DRUG has 1 sense:
1. a narcotic drug that is used only occasionally and is claimed to be nonaddictive
Familiarity information: RECREATIONAL DRUG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A narcotic drug that is used only occasionally and is claimed to be nonaddictive
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("recreational drug" is a kind of...):
narcotic (a drug that produces numbness or stupor; often taken for pleasure or to reduce pain; extensive use can lead to addiction)
Context examples
A person who injects recreational drugs.
(Intravenous Drug User, NCI Thesaurus)
A person who takes recreational drugs.
(Drug User, NCI Thesaurus)
An indication of the presence or absence of recreational drugs or drugs of abuse in a biological specimen.
(Drug Test, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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