street drugs
Black market narcotics
Street drugs are illegal or controlled substances sold through informal channels rather than pharmacies—heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, and the like.
The term distinguishes illicit drugs from prescription medications, though the line blurs when people buy prescription pills illegally: He started with prescription painkillers and moved on to street drugs.
- narcoticsDrugs inducing sleep, numbness
- heroinIllegal addictive opiate
- cocaineAddictive stimulant narcotic
- fentanylSynthetic pain-blocking compound
- opioidsReceptor-binding pain relievers
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- drugsibuprofen, marijuana, aspirin, meth, cocaine
- addictionaddiction, substance abuse, substance dependency, substance use disorder, alcoholism
street drugsprescription drugs
Medicine requiring doctor's order
prescription medications · over-the-counter medications · controlled substances · over-the-counter drugs · medicine
street drugstherapeutic drugs
Substances used for treatment
prescription medications · medicine · evidence-based medicine · chemotherapy drugs · medical prescriptions
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