opiate
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But fame has a way of upgrading your perception of everything it touches; it installs a gloss that no one likes to revoke — the illusion it supplies is too effective an opiate.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2023
Sir Peter was also criticised by family members of patients who died after being given opiate drugs at Gosport War Memorial Hospital between 1987 and 2001.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2020
“The opiate of the masses,” I snootily replied on e-vites to sports-based gatherings.
From Washington Post • Jun. 14, 2018
People who have co-occurring mental health disorders, especially ones that require medication, or who use treatments such as methadone and buprenorphine for opiate use disorder don’t always feel welcome in the recovery community.
From Slate • Oct. 29, 2017
“Karl Marx famously called religion ‘the opiate of the masses.’
From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green
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