on drugs

idiom

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

Examples of on drugs in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The number of Medicaid patients on drugs that treat opioid addiction, long a staple of Baltimore’s response, also fell by thousands. Jessica Gallagher, New York Times, 23 May 2024 To qualify for the lottery, individuals must have lived in an area that’s been disproportionally impacted by the war on drugs for at least five years or attended a public school in a disproportionally affected area, among other criteria. Tony Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 8 Mar. 2024 Weiss' office plans to use the laptop to demonstrate that Biden was on drugs around the time of his gun purchase in October 2018. Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 22 May 2024 Stand Together Music works alongside music industry stakeholders to co-create custom-fit solutions around societal challenges including criminal justice, addiction recovery, education, free speech and ending the war on drugs. Marc Schneider, Billboard, 17 May 2024 As the would-be proud new homeowners learned, the residence, owned by an absentee title-holder, had until very recently housed about thirty-plus squatters most if not all of whom apparently centered their squalid existences on drugs. Matt Thompson, SPIN, 13 May 2024 Countries such as India previously barred patents on drugs and active ingredients, instead patenting only methods of making them, to enable broad access. Cynthia M. Ho, STAT, 28 Apr. 2024 After decades of waging a ruinous and counterproductive war on drugs, the U.S. government is finally taking steps in a new direction. David Pozen, TIME, 25 Apr. 2024 Christina Jewett covers the Food and Drug Administration, which means keeping a close eye on drugs, medical devices, food safety and tobacco policy. Christina Jewett, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2024

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“On drugs.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20drugs. Accessed 8 Jun. 2024.

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