- habit-forming drugs
- Narcotic drugs.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
habit-forming drugs
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habit-forming drugs — addictive substances, dangerous mood or perception altering substances … English contemporary dictionary
habit-forming — /hab it fawr ming/, adj. tending to cause or encourage addiction, esp. through physiological dependence: habit forming drugs. [1895 1900] * * * … Universalium
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addictive drugs — narcotics that are habit forming … English contemporary dictionary
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habituate — habituate, accustom, addict, inure mean to make used to something. Habituate distinctively implies the formation of habit through repetition {by constant practice she habituated herself to accurate observation} {to habituate our selves, therefore … New Dictionary of Synonyms
joypop — intransitive verb Date: 1953 to use habit forming drugs occasionally or irregularly without becoming addicted • joypopper noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
