How to Use recreational drug in a Sentence

recreational drug

noun

• Over the years, the topic of recreational drug use has come up a lot on Housewives.
  — Louis Staples, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2022
• Here, the potions are not designed for recreational drug use.
  — Derek Blasberg, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Jan. 2018
• What’s left is pooled locally for knives, guns and recreational drugs.
  — Del Quentin Wilber, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2018
• Kratom is a substance made from a tree that is sometimes used as a recreational drug, the sheriff's office said in a news release.
  — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 21 Sep. 2019
• Even recreational drug users may be at risk of overdosing.
  — Terry Demio, The Enquirer, 30 July 2020
• Sharon Stone is speaking out on the dangers of recreational drug use and the opioid crisis in America.
  — Ashley Hume, Fox News, 15 June 2023
• And there were whispers that Depp’s recreational drug and alcohol use were crippling him.
  — Krista Stevens, Longreads, 23 June 2018
• Kouri's family believes his recreational drug use could be to blame.
  — Natalie Morales, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2024
• Some of the players enjoyed their recreational drugs, and there was Billy himself, inevitably two or three drinks away from mayhem.
  — Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Jan. 2018
• The two-time Grammy winner has also been open about her recreational drug use on social media.
  — People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 6 Mar. 2018
• In college my lack of sleep, coupled with my prodigious intake of light beer and recreational drugs, led these zits to crowd my brow or set up camp three at a time along my hairline.
  — Sean Hotchkiss, GQ, 1 Oct. 2017
• Cilliers said his wife was a recreational drug user but would never use heroin or any other hard drug.
  — Fox News, 17 Nov. 2021
• Every recreational drug that a person could take was in his system … put on your thinking caps — what happens when people take drugs?
  — St. John Barned-Smith, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 May 2023
• Stopping demand Jacobs’ hope is that debunking this myth will stop the spread of demand for pangolin scales as a recreational drug and analgesic.
  — National Geographic, 9 Aug. 2019
• And in countries from eastern Europe to Asia, demand for recreational drugs is growing with incomes.
  — The Economist, 21 Nov. 2019
• Captagon is a popular brand name for the drug fenethylline, an amphetamine that is banned in most countries but widely used as a recreational drug in parts of the Middle East.
  — Washington Post, 28 Jan. 2022
• The popular recreational drug has long been used in anesthesia and was approved this year in the United States to treat severe depression.
  — Kelly Servick, Science | AAAS, 26 Nov. 2019
• All recreational drug users should have the opioid overdose antidote naloxone on hand.
  — Terry Demio, Cincinnati.com, 24 June 2019
• Ketamine is sometimes prescribed to treat depression and is also used as a recreational drug.
  — Sam Reed, Glamour, 15 Dec. 2023
• Reaching them at a concert, where some may feel tempted to binge drink or use recreational drugs, certainly conveys a message.
  — Christina Austin, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2018
• The slightly pungent scent of marijuana drifts in from a room off the kitchen, where joints are passed among a dozen people, some of them old enough to have been smoking marijuana as a recreational drug since the 1960s.
  — Sherry Baker, Discover Magazine, 25 Mar. 2019
• Boozy birds Whatever else the effect, recreational drugs can make wild animals sick.
  — Emily Anthes, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2023
• Natural opiates sourced from poppy plants, like opium, have been consumed on the continent for centuries -- both as a painkiller and smoked as a recreational drug.
  — Joshua Berlinger, CNN, 29 Dec. 2019
• Roads shut down, traffic slows, and partiers in neon outfits roam Bayfront Park, all accompanied by a constant, thundering bass line and for some, recreational drug use.
  — Tarpley Hitt, miamiherald, 23 Mar. 2018
• Raskin believes that everyone who chooses to use recreational drugs should be testing them for fentanyl.
  — Davi Merchan, ABC News, 25 Apr. 2023
• Authorities in major cities, including Beijing, have been known to carry out spot drug tests at bars and nightclubs in a bid to clamp down on recreational drug use.
  — Ben Westcott, CNN, 17 June 2019
• People who stay up later eat fattier foods, drink more alcohol and are more likely to use recreational drugs.
  — NBC News, 12 Apr. 2018
• After suffering a hip injury years ago, friends said the musician, who shied away from alcohol and recreational drugs, lived in constant pain and turned to painkillers to find relief.
  — Paula Rogo, Essence, 21 Apr. 2020
• The University of Cincinnati suspended Travis Kelce for one season after his use of a recreational drug.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2023
• Things began to change in the early 20th century when immigrants from Mexico showed Americans how the plant could be used as a recreational drug.
  — Gary Robbins, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Jan. 2018

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024