on drugs

idiom

: using drugs or high on drugs
She looks like she's on drugs.

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Several experts said the threat was likely a negotiating tactic intended to prod the countries to take action on drugs and immigration. Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2024 Neely barged onto the train while high on drugs, threatening to kill passengers during a psychotic episode, according to trial testimony. Ryan Morik, Fox News, 6 Dec. 2024 Imagine living in a neighborhood that is a police state—constantly being harassed while walking to school, seeing houses raided, arrested just because, and maybe assaulted and beat—due to the war on drugs. Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024 Moreover, the New York Times reports that Makary has aired concerns that Americans are too reliant on drugs, saying the nation has the most overmedicated and sickest population in the world. Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for on drugs 

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“On drugs.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20drugs. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.

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