(designer drug)
1designer drug — de·sign·er drug n: a synthetic version of a controlled substance (as heroin) that is produced with a slightly altered molecular structure to avoid having it classified as an illegal drug Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
2designer drug — ☆ designer drug n. a drug that has been developed by changing slightly the chemical structure of an existing drug, as to evade legal prohibition or to produce certain desired effects …
3designer drug — designer .drug n an illegal drug that has an exciting or relaxing effect, and is taken for pleasure …
4Designer drug — Not to be confused with Drug design. Designer drug is a term used to describe drugs that are created (or marketed, if they had already existed) to get around existing drug laws, usually by preparing analogs or derivatives of existing drugs by… …
5designer drug — noun 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 • Hypernyms: ↑psychoactive drug, ↑mind altering drug, ↑consciousness altering drug,… …
6designer drug — a drug produced by a minor modification in the chemical structure of an existing drug, resulting in a new substance with similar pharmacologic effects, esp. one created to achieve the same effect as a controlled or illegal drug. [1980 85] * * *… …
7designer drug — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms designer drug : singular designer drug plural designer drugs an illegal drug produced artificially from chemicals designer drugs like Ecstasy …
8designer drug — de·sign·er drug di .zī nər n 1) a synthetic version of a controlled substance (as heroin) that is produced with a slightly altered molecular structure to avoid classification as an illicit drug 2) a synthetic drug created (as by genetic… …
9designer drug — noun A drug specifically developed to replace an illegal recreational drug (so as to circumvent existing drug laws), usually by modifying its molecular structure …
10designer drug — design′er drug′ n. pha a drug produced by a minor modification in the chemical structure of an existing drug, resulting in a new substance with similar pharmacological effects • Etymology: 1980–85 …