on drugs

idiom

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

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Ultimately, the problem is that foreign governments are imposing price controls on drugs. Wayne Winegarden, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025 Several neighbors said the suspect was a problem in the neighborhood and often appeared to be high on drugs. Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 2 May 2025 And for over five decades, various US presidents have declared wars on drugs. Isobel Yeung, CNN Money, 2 May 2025 One of my husband’s brothers also moved out of state; the other one engaged in a horrific divorce, became dependent on drugs and alcohol and lives in his mother’s basement. R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 1 May 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 19 May. 2025.

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