Antidrug

/ˌæntiˈdrʌɡ/ adjective

Definition

Opposed to or working against drug use and drug abuse.

Etymology

From anti- (against) + drug. Modern compound formed in 20th-century policy and public health contexts.

Kelly Says

The 'war on drugs' launched in the 1970s tried to be antidrug through prohibition, but decades of research now shows that treatment and harm reduction work better than punishment.

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