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  1. A chemical or organic substance used to treat a medical or psychological condition; such a substance used illegally to alter consciousness or mood.
  2. The act of giving someone such a substance, with the implication that it is against the recipientÂ’s will and has an adverse effect. See also controlled substance.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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