How to Use on drugs in a Sentence
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The war on drugs caused more harm than many of the drugs themselves.
—Peter Grinspoon, STAT, 9 July 2026
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The war on drugs — long fought on the ground — is now airborne.
—Tania Navarro, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025
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But the war on drugs is not the key solution.
—Sterling Elliott, Chicago Tribune, 1 Feb. 2026
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Many of my childhood friends were headed to prison or strung out on drugs.
—John Blake, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
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The 1988 version hits hard on drugs.
—Gail Sheehy, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026
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Winfrey asked if Keough thought her mother was back on drugs.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 9 Oct. 2024
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Everyone else in the garage was asleep or nodding out on drugs.
—Eli Saslow Erin Schaff, New York Times, 13 May 2023
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In global health, billions are spent on drugs and treatments.
—Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 9 Jan. 2025
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They’ve often been locked up in a room for ages on drugs and are in love with the men who forced them into these lives.
—Erin Qualey, Vulture, 27 July 2026
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Today’s great reads A movie star, a suicide and a nation’s war on drugs.
—Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
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Turns out, the lasers have been in use since last month - not in the war in Iran, but in the war on drugs at home.
—Lesley Stahl, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
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The first problem with the war on drugs is the idea of what exactly constitutes a drug.
—Arun A.k., Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2024
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That was true at the height of the war on drugs and remains true now, even when the policies are markedly friendlier.
—Lavanya Ramanathan, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
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North Carolina’s crusade against hemp is not the only front in this war on drugs.
—Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
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In such a climate, politicians are under pressure to appear tough on drugs.
—Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024
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If not the only nation that doesn’t negotiate prices on drugs.
—Laura Johnston, cleveland, 30 Aug. 2023
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High drug costs have long been one of Americans’ largest health care headaches, and spending on drugs is on the rise.
—Tami Luhby, CNN, 17 Aug. 2023
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That initiative is about going back to the 1980s and the war on drugs.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 16 Aug. 2024
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But nonprofits should not be as reliant on government cash as addicts are on drugs.
—Scott Walter, Baltimore Sun, 12 July 2025
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That nurse later overdosed on drugs acquired from the hospital.
—Dan Primack, Axios, 9 Jan. 2025
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With Venezuela, we were told the main issue centered on drugs, while now the issue of oil is front and center.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 15 Jan. 2026
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There’s concern that bringing back criminal penalties is going back to the war on drugs.
—Mike Baker, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2024
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Most public spending on drugs is reactive and punitive.
—Javier Hasse, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
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The goal should be long-term wellness through lifestyle, not lifelong dependency on drugs.
—Alex Ward, Boston Herald, 15 Aug. 2025
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Trump is threatening duties of 200% more on drugs made elsewhere.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 1 Sep. 2025
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At the end of the table, Faris, an Iranian refugee who had ended up on drugs, stroked a glass of tea.
—Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026
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He is also wanted on drugs and weapons charges in Arkansas, the sheriff's office said.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 4 Nov. 2023
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Whoever thought a song about being high as a kite on drugs, stalking someone else’s girlfriend would resonate quite so much?
—Angela Andaloro, People.com, 30 May 2025
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And for over five decades, various US presidents have declared wars on drugs.
—Isobel Yeung, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
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Brunson now sees her mother’s embrace of a faith with strict prohibitions on drugs as a way of seeking safety.
—Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
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