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 Winfrey asked if Keough thought her mother was back on drugs. Chris Willman, Variety, 9 Oct. 2024 North Carolina’s crusade against hemp is not the only front in this war on drugs. Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024 If homeless shelters reach capacity, the law allows municipalities to create homeless encampments with bans on drugs and alcohol. Yacob Reyes, Axios, 7 Oct. 2024 Worse still, the interests behind the war on drugs—who are now pushing Prop. 36—have known for decades that criminalizing drug use is counterproductive. Salil Dudani, Orange County Register, 5 Oct. 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 24 Oct. 2024.

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