drug-related
Involving controlled substances
Drug-related describes anything connected to drugs, typically illegal or controlled substances: drug-related crime, drug-related deaths, drug-related charges.
The term appears frequently in news and legal contexts, often linking violence, health crises, or arrests to the drug trade.
It can also apply to prescription medications: drug-related side effects.
Illegal transport for profit
- cartelPrice-fixing coalition
- smugglingIllegal covert transport
- narcoticsDrugs inducing sleep, numbness
- contrabandProhibited trade goods
dealer · bust · enforcement · DEA · kingpin · mule · stash · possession
Therapeutic substance for illness
- prescriptionMedical dispensing authorization
- dosageMeasured medicine amount
- side-effectsSecondary, unintended outcomes
- FDAU.S. health regulator
clinical · therapeutic · overdose · pharmacy · generic · brand-name · contraindicated · off-label
State of needing support
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- rehabAddiction treatment program
- detoxSubstance removal process
- relapseReturn to former illness
recovery · craving · tolerance · intervention · twelve-step · sobriety · counseling · methadone
Ending criminal status
- legalizationMaking something lawful
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
- reformImprove by correcting faults
- schedulingAssigning times to events
sentencing · incarceration · disparity · criminalization · enforcement · regulation · harm-reduction · expungement
Evaluative selection process
- urinalysisLaboratory examination of urine
- panelDistinct flat section
- positiveAffirming or certain
- negativeOpposite of affirmative
detection · workplace · probation · random · metabolite · cutoff · confirmation · specimen
trafficking
Illegal transport for profit
- cartelPrice-fixing coalition
- smugglingIllegal covert transport
- narcoticsDrugs inducing sleep, numbness
contraband · dealer · bust · enforcement · DEA · kingpin · mule · stash · possession · distribution
medication
Therapeutic substance for illness
- prescriptionMedical dispensing authorization
- dosageMeasured medicine amount
- side-effectsSecondary, unintended outcomes
FDA · clinical · therapeutic · overdose · pharmacy · generic · brand-name · contraindicated · off-label · formulation
dependency
State of needing support
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- rehabAddiction treatment program
- detoxSubstance removal process
relapse · recovery · craving · tolerance · intervention · twelve-step · sobriety · counseling · methadone · harm-reduction
decriminalization
Ending criminal status
- legalizationMaking something lawful
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
- reformImprove by correcting faults
scheduling · sentencing · incarceration · disparity · criminalization · enforcement · regulation · harm-reduction · expungement · advocacy
screening
Evaluative selection process
- urinalysisLaboratory examination of urine
- panelDistinct flat section
- positiveAffirming or certain
negative · detection · workplace · probation · random · metabolite · cutoff · confirmation · specimen · pre-employment
drug-relatedhereditary
Passed through generations
genetic · congenital · age-related · stress-related · spontaneous
drug, drugs, drugged, drugging, druggy, druggist, relate, related, relates