drug of abuse

Questions about drug of abuse

What does drug of abuse mean?

drug of abuse means "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".

What is another word for drug of abuse?

Close synonyms include street drug. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is drug of abuse a common word?

drug of abuse is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.