take drugs

idiom

: to use illegal drugs

Examples of take drugs in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In 2010, the actor reported he was kidnapped by a group of men in Palm Springs for 12 hours and forced to take drugs. Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 12 Sep. 2024 The Venice audience stayed up late to take drugs and play video games with Harmony Korine. Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2024 Women who take drugs during pregnancy have been charged with child abuse or neglect, including in cases in which the drugs were legal; women who have miscarried after taking drugs have been charged with manslaughter, even homicide, even when no causal link was proved. Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 4 May 2024 Reducing stigma of drug user There's also a stigma of continuing to take drugs in smaller doses. Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for take drugs 

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“Take drugs.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/take%20drugs. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.

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