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☆ designer drug

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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A Designer Drug is a Psychoactive drug that as been deliberately synthesized to avoid anti-drug laws; it mimics the effect of a banned drug.

Posted by Lauri-Ann Williams 58 days ago.

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