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Designer drug has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
1

a psychoactive drug deliberately synthesized to avoid anti-drug laws; mimics the effects of a banned drug; law was revised in 1986 to ban designer drugs

2

A drug specifically developed to replace an illegal recreational drug (so as to circumvent existing drug laws), usually by modifying its molecular structure.

See Also
arylcyclohexylamine drug illegal ethylone molecular diphenylprolinol structure nitracaine
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
psychoactive drug
Rhyming Words
rug trug krug frug drug sprug unrug okrug shrug codrug bedrug z drug rag rug fur rug cut rug prodrug nondrug predrug area rug postdrug
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