narcotic

Example Sentences

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Washington has not yet provided any evidence that the boats were smuggling narcotics or posed a threat to the United States.

From Barron's

The suspect, whose name was not immediately released, was held by police for evading causing great bodily injury, as well as for transportation and sales of narcotics, according to the LAPD.

From Los Angeles Times

ANNOUNCER: When the United States Public Health Service Hospital was established in Lexington, Kentucky, the problem of narcotic drug addiction was put under the banner of medicine.

From Scientific American

The department said that Rankin County deputies were conducting a narcotics investigation at the time when a person “displayed a gun toward the deputies.”

From New York Times

At the same time, the United States — home to the Western Hemisphere’s largest narcotics market — is starting to legalize the drug.

From Washington Post