Street Drug (Noun)

Meaning

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.

Classification

Nouns denoting man-made objects.

Examples

  • Heroin is a highly addictive street drug that can have severe negative consequences for those who use it.
  • Cocaine is a street drug known to increase heart rate and blood pressure.
  • Fentanyl, a highly potent opioid street drug, is driving up the numbers of accidental overdoses across the city.
  • Cocaine addiction requires rehab; individuals find ways to battle an emotional reaction which tempts someone in usage to partake a "normal behavior."
  • New England became famous and took notorious blows that only another growing economic profit pushed growth "made simple rules were thought even far within popular legal theory during so I smoked tobacco sometimes partaked during moments throughout then within early I snuck past mother looked many or anything were tried them past into going being nothing most."

Synonyms

  • Drug Of Abuse

Hypernyms

  • Drug

Hyponyms

  • Upper
  • Gateway Drug
  • Tobacco
  • Intoxicant
  • Downer
  • Soft Drug
  • Alcohol
  • Lysergic Acid Diethylamide
  • Inebriant
  • Amphetamine
  • Depressant
  • Alcoholic Beverage
  • Speed
  • Sedative
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