on drugs

idiom

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

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Advertisement That instinct hardened under President Richard Nixon’s war on drugs. Josiah Bates, Time, 14 Oct. 2025 Pharmaceutical companies are already expected to provide Medicaid services with substantial discounts on drugs, but Pfizer has said that select brands will see reductions as high as 85 percent and its drugs on average will go down by 50 percent, according to a press statement. Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025 Derrick Dearman appeared to be high on drugs in his Alabama prison in the days leading up to his execution. Abigail Brooks, NBC news, 25 Sep. 2025 Several carriers also flagged potential import tariffs on drugs and medical supplies as incremental pressure, adding a few percentage points to premiums on top of utilization and pharmacy trends, Fortune reported from the national filings sample. Ashley Lutz, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2025 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 18 Oct. 2025.

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