narcotic

the substance has a mild narcotic effect.

a narcotics team who cooked the evidence.

the narcotic netherworld thriving in post-war America.

corrosive anxiety; corrosive increases in prices; a corrosive narcotics trade.

renovated the docks to attract shipping traffic. The word may also suggest illegal trade, as in narcotics:

He has never taken any narcotics.

The dealers connived with customs officials to bring in narcotics.

They will still be working to sniff out other illicit drugs and the people smuggling those narcotics.

Somebody in narcotics got word from a CI.

Cal, the tip came in from narcotics about Szymanski.

The illicit trafficking of people and narcotics causes harm to our societies.

People can come to crave narcotics, alcohol, and something like sucrose.

Narcotics are so strongly addictive that the negative effects are obvious.

OTHER MEDICATIONS Other medications often used include narcotic pain medications and muscle relaxers.

Although temporarily effective, narcotics may not be the healthiest way to dissolve one's problems.