opiate

Example Sentences

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I mean it’s 2023, and clearly we have not solved the problem of heroin addiction—or any kind of opiate addiction.

From Scientific American

It also calls for action to end China’s role in supplying materials for the deadly opiate fentanyl that is killing more than 100,000 Americans annually.

From Washington Times

It's as if Burchett took Karl Marx's saying about the "opiate of the masses" as a blueprint.

From Salon

Murdaugh said bad land deals and an addiction to opiate pills spurred a decade-long cycle of borrowing and spending that put the family in desperate financial shape.

From Washington Post

At its height, he said he took as much as 3,000mg a day of opiates.

From BBC