Drug
Meanings and phrases
drug
- a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic
drug
- administer a drug to; dose
- use recreational drugs; do drugs
Drug Enforcement Administration
- federal agency responsible for enforcing laws and regulations governing narcotics and controlled substances; goal is to immobilize drug trafficking organizations; Drug Enforcement Agency; DEA
Drug Enforcement Agency
- federal agency responsible for enforcing laws and regulations governing narcotics and controlled substances; goal is to immobilize drug trafficking organizations; Drug Enforcement Administration; DEA
n.
- a federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products; FDA
n.
- an agency of the United Nations that promotes drug control and crime prevention; DCCP
abortion-inducing drug
- a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion; abortifacient; aborticide
anovulatory drug
- a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception; pill; birth control pill; contraceptive pill; oral contraceptive pill; oral contraceptive; anovulant
anti-impotence drug
- drug to treat impotence attributable to erectile dysfunction; virility drug
antianxiety drug
- a tranquilizer used to relieve anxiety and reduce tension and irritability; minor tranquilizer; minor tranquillizer; minor tranquilliser; anxiolytic; anxiolytic drug
n.
- a drug used to treat an abnormal heart rhythm; antiarrhythmic; antiarrhythmic medication
n.
- any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth; antibacterial; bactericide
n.
- a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections; antibiotic
n.
- a substance that opposes or blocks the action of acetylcholine; anticholinergic
n.
- a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy); anticonvulsant; antiepileptic; antiepileptic drug
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- any of a class of drugs used to treat depression; often have undesirable side effects; antidepressant
n.
- a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy); anticonvulsant; anticonvulsant drug; antiepileptic
n.
- any of several drugs that control or kill neoplastic cells; used in chemotherapy to kill cancer cells; all have unpleasant side effects that may include nausea and vomiting and hair loss and suppression of bone marrow function; antineoplastic; cancer drug
n.
- a medicinal drug used to fight diseases (like malaria) that are caused by protozoa; antiprotozoal
n.
- tranquilizer used to treat psychotic conditions when a calming effect is desired; major tranquilizer; major tranquillizer; major tranquilliser; antipsychotic agent; antipsychotic; neuroleptic drug; neuroleptic agent; neuroleptic
n.
- a tranquilizer used to relieve anxiety and reduce tension and irritability; minor tranquilizer; minor tranquillizer; minor tranquilliser; antianxiety drug; anxiolytic
n.
- a drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarity; tranquilizer; tranquillizer; tranquilliser; antianxiety agent; ataractic agent; ataractic
brand-name drug
- a drug that has a trade name and is protected by a patent (can be produced and sold only by the company holding the patent); proprietary drug
n.
- any of several drugs that control or kill neoplastic cells; used in chemotherapy to kill cancer cells; all have unpleasant side effects that may include nausea and vomiting and hair loss and suppression of bone marrow function; antineoplastic; antineoplastic drug
consciousness-altering drug
- a drug that can produce mood changes and distorted perceptions; psychoactive drug; mind-altering drug; psychoactive substance
n.
- any drug that has a toxic effect on cells; commonly used in chemotherapy to inhibit the proliferation of cancerous cells
n.
- a psychoactive drug deliberately synthesized to avoid anti-drug laws; mimics the effects of a banned drug; law was revised in 1986 to ban designer drugs
- They raid a manufacturing plant of Nuke, a new designer drug that plagues Detroit.
- CUMYL-PEGACLONE CUMYL-PEGACLONE (SGT-151) is a gamma-carboline based synthetic cannabinoid that has been sold as a designer drug.
- Trip City Trip City is a novel set in the underground world of London nightclubs and concerns a fictional designer drug called FX.
n.
- any substance that tends to increase the flow of urine, which causes the body to get rid of excess water; diuretic; water pill
n.
- excessive use of drugs; substance abuse; habit
- The despair he felt led him into alcohol and drug abuse.
- While she seeks fame, she destroys herself through drug abuse.
- Another use of LTP is in drug abuse.
n.
- a narcotics addict; junkie; junky
- He visits another ex-cop, Rojack, who has become a drug addict.
- Later that year, Flockhart starred in "Jane Doe" as a drug addict.
- For example, it is seriously disputed that Poe really was a drug addict.
n.
- an addiction to a drug (especially a narcotic drug); white plague
- Brody then tells her about his drug addiction.
- 's alcoholism and Emily's drug addiction.
- Ruffin first sought treatment for his drug addiction in 1967.
n.
- an illicit cartel formed to control the production and distribution of narcotic drugs
- In Verdun, Quebec, Dany runs an illegal drug cartel.
- A note written by a drug cartel was found near his body.
- They are aided by an undercover agent within Cota's drug cartel.
n.
- a combination of protease inhibitors taken with reverse transcriptase inhibitors; used in treating AIDS and HIV; highly active antiretroviral therapy; HAART
n.
- an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs; pusher; drug peddler; peddler; drug trafficker
- It was then that he resorted to becoming a drug dealer.
- He also played Dante the drug dealer in "1-800-Justice".
- The drug dealer goes outside and is killed.
n.
- a person who controls an organization dealing in illegal drugs; drug baron
- Chris' friend tries to talk him into robbing Diego Garcia, a powerful drug lord.
- He also said that the drug lord would ask his victims how they wanted to be killed.
- The first Cairn drug lord killed is Kanis-Biz, father of Bek's estranged wife, Marij'n Bek.
n.
- a drug that is taken for nonmedicinal reasons (usually for mind-altering effects); drug abuse can lead to physical and mental damage and (with some substances) dependence and addiction; street drug
n.
- an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs; pusher; peddler; drug dealer; drug trafficker
n.
- an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs; pusher; drug peddler; peddler; drug dealer
- But in spite of his misery Mat hesitates to become a drug trafficker.
- The series stars Javier Rey as Sito Miñanco, an infamous Galician drug trafficker.
- Dillon Wagner, an amateur drug trafficker, emerges from a coma and tries to figure out how he ended up in a hospital.
n.
- traffic in illegal drugs; drug traffic; narcotraffic
- The house was widely known for drug trafficking.
- The state of Michoacan has been a "hot spot" in drug trafficking.
- Meanwhile, connections to drug trafficking were evident at the compound.
n.
- a person who takes drugs; substance abuser; user
- "He's not a steroid user or a drug user.
- Higgins was a heavy drug user during his childhood and teens.
- I have never, and can never, see the drug user as a 'criminal'.
n.
- conflict between law enforcement and those who deal in illegal drugs
- Journalists have been killed every year since the drug war began.
- For example, "El Mañana" has stopped its coverage of the drug war.
- He was best known for his reports on the Mexican drug war and drug trafficking.
n.
- therapy that uses a local electric current to introduce the ions of a medicine into the tissues; iontophoresis; ionic medication; iontotherapy; EMDA
n.
- a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist; prescription drug; prescription; prescription medicine
fixed-combination drug
- drug containing fixed amounts of two or more ingredients
n.
- street names for flunitrazepan; R-2; Mexican valium; rophy; rope; roofy; roach; circle
n.
- a habit-forming drug that is not addictive but its use may lead to the use of other addictive drugs
n.
- when the patent protection for a brand-name drug expires generic versions of the drug can be offered for sale if the FDA agrees
n.
- a psychoactive drug that induces hallucinations or altered sensory experiences; hallucinogen; psychedelic drug; psychodelic drug
n.
- street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine; Adam; ecstasy; XTC; go; disco biscuit; cristal; X
n.
- a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response; immunosuppressant; immunosuppressor; immunosuppressive drug; immunosuppressive
n.
- a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response; immunosuppressant; immunosuppressor; immunosuppressive; immune suppressant drug
n.
- (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease; medicine; medication; medicament
n.
- a drug that can produce mood changes and distorted perceptions; psychoactive drug; consciousness-altering drug; psychoactive substance
n.
- a drug that causes miosis (constriction of the pupil of the eye); myotic drug; miotic; myotic
n.
- a drug that causes the pupil of the eye to dilate; used to aid eye examinations; mydriatic
n.
- a drug that causes miosis (constriction of the pupil of the eye); miotic drug; miotic; myotic
n.
- tranquilizer used to treat psychotic conditions when a calming effect is desired; major tranquilizer; major tranquillizer; major tranquilliser; antipsychotic drug; antipsychotic agent; antipsychotic; neuroleptic agent; neuroleptic
n.
- an anti-inflammatory drug that does not contain steroids; nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory; NSAID
n.
- a class of antidepressant drugs that are not tricyclic drugs and do not act by inhibiting MAO; nontricyclic; nontricyclic drug; nontricyclic antidepressant
n.
- a class of antidepressant drugs that are not tricyclic drugs and do not act by inhibiting MAO; nontricyclic; nontricyclic antidepressant; nontricyclic antidepressant drug
n.
- a drug that induces labor by stimulating contractions of the muscles of the uterus; oxytocic
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- a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist; prescription; prescription medicine; ethical drug
- Bicalutamide is a prescription drug.
- In 2011, Harding went to rehab for alcohol and prescription drug abuse.
- Ranitidine was introduced in 1981, and was the world's biggest-selling prescription drug by 1987.
n.
- a drug that has a trade name and is protected by a patent (can be produced and sold only by the company holding the patent); brand-name drug
n.
- a psychoactive drug that induces hallucinations or altered sensory experiences; hallucinogen; hallucinogenic drug; psychodelic drug
n.
- a drug that can produce mood changes and distorted perceptions; mind-altering drug; consciousness-altering drug; psychoactive substance
psychodelic drug
- a psychoactive drug that induces hallucinations or altered sensory experiences; hallucinogen; hallucinogenic drug; psychedelic drug
n.
- a narcotic drug that is used only occasionally and is claimed to be nonaddictive
- In many countries, cocaine is a popular recreational drug.
- He refrains from recreational drug use.
- Ketamine, a dissociative anesthetic, is sometimes used as a recreational drug.
n.
- a sedative that depresses activity of the central nervous system and reduces anxiety and induces sleep; sedative-hypnotic
n.
- a medicine that lowers blood cholesterol levels by inhibiting HMG-CoA reductase; lipid-lowering medicine; lipid-lowering medication; statin
n.
- a drug that is taken for nonmedicinal reasons (usually for mind-altering effects); drug abuse can lead to physical and mental damage and (with some substances) dependence and addiction; drug of abuse
n.
- antibacterial consisting of any of several synthetic organic compounds capable of inhibiting the growth of bacteria that require PABA; sulfa; sulpha; sulfonamide
n.
- an antidepressant drug that acts by blocking the reuptake of norepinephrine and serotonin and thus making more of those substances available to act on receptors in the brain; tricyclic; tricyclic antidepressant
n.
- an intravenous anesthetic drug that has a hypnotic effect; induces relaxation and weakens inhibitions; is believed to induce people to talk freely; truth serum
E.g.
- However, his drug use eventually gets him fired.
- The song paints an unflattering picture of hard drug use.
- His wife, Lauren Fisher, called his drug use body hacking.
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- However his knowledge of the drug trade would sometimes come in handy.
- Crestmont saw a rise in crime in the 1980s due to the illegal drug trade.
- He encouraged everyone not to buy in the black market and fight against Illegal drug trade.
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- Targets are drug dealers and other criminal elements.
- Christ also released a defendant who was one of his alleged drug dealers.
- Soo-jin joins his crackdown on drug dealers, and the two start to fall in love.
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- The ATP dropped the failed drug test as a warning.
- He gets them the drug test documents.
- On May 21, 2017, it was reported that Briggs had failed a drug test.
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- K wing is a drug and alcohol detox unit for 22 prisoners.
- A wing provides drug and alcohol support for 134 prisoners.
- The recovery houses use a 12-step program to rehabilitate drug and alcohol addicts.
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- Police originally considered her death a drug overdose.
- In 1968, she died from a drug overdose.
- Nineteen months later, August 4, 1962, Monroe died of a likely drug overdose.
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- In Verdun, Quebec, Dany runs an illegal drug cartel.
- La Mosquitia is used as a route for illegal drug smuggling.
- Crestmont saw a rise in crime in the 1980s due to the illegal drug trade.
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- Out of work, Storey launched another drug store.
- The two of them also worked together at a drug store.
- In 1975 he built his first drug store in Kirchheim unter Teck.
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- Such nanofibrous formats are also useful for tissue engineering and drug delivery.
- There are many intravenous methods of drug delivery, known as vascular access devices.
- Her research looks to design biocompatible functional particles for targeted drug delivery.
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- Many youth were hard-core delinquents and drug users.
- It included serious criminals and drug users.
- Kampia campaigned to end the arrest of nonviolent drug users.
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- It is a story about illegal immigration, crime and drug dealing.
- Eventually Jake fell into the easy money-making system of drug dealing.
- Eventually being desperate for money led him down the path of drug dealing.
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- Lake Eola Park became a haven for prostitutes and drug addicts.
- Another young couple, Marybeth and Benny, are both drug addicts.
- He often targeted drug addicts.
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- Because of this, many drug traffickers and money launderers utilize banks in Belize.
- In Naples the Inspector Rizzo, nicknamed "Flatfoot", defeats a gang of drug traffickers.
- This entices drug traffickers and money launderers who want to utilize the banking system.
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- Features of morpheeins can be exploited for drug discovery.
- He has contributed much to the field of drug discovery and development.
- In 2002 he was hired by Microbia to lead their antifungal drug discovery efforts.
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- It was believed that drug cartels were responsible.
- It is one of the weapons of choice of Mexican drug cartels.
- Mexican drug cartels thrive in Atlanta.
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- Clinical trials showed that the new drug is relatively harmless.
- He was seen peddling a new drug called "Icarus" throughout the streets of Chinatown.
- The oxaprozin new drug application (NDA 18-841) was submitted to the FDA on August 10, 1982.
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- In 1999, Merck started a drug development program on DPP-4 inhibitors.
- T98G T98G is a glioblastoma cell line used in brain cancer research and drug development.
- It focuses on drug development in several areas of medicine, in particular cancer therapy.
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- Cousins attended drug testing in early November with no body hair long enough to sample.
- In 1986, Reagan's Executive Order 12564 authorized drug testing for all Federal employees.
- He reports on baseball's drug testing policies before 2002 and the newer policies after 2002.
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- La Mosquitia is used as a route for illegal drug smuggling.
- Bond goes to Holland to kill an IRA hitman involved in drug smuggling.
- The region has long been plagued by lawlessness and is notorious for drug smuggling.
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- 1989, but through his lawyer challenged the legality of the CBA's drug policy.
- He continued to write and give presentations on policing and drug policy up to his death.
- Maher has strong opinions on US drug policy, advocating for the legalization of marijuana.
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- On 21 March, Cousins was admitted to drug rehabilitation.
- The incident took place shortly before Jensen's entry to drug rehabilitation.
- Online" reported that Patrick had entered a drug rehabilitation facility in New Jersey.
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- Sometimes systemic drug treatment is necessary.
- Management usually consists of multiple debulking surgeries and/or drug treatment.
- However, a significant proportion of these patients are intractable to drug treatment.
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- He also later spent time in prison for drug possession .
- He was arrested for drug possession and refusing to submit to a blood test.
- He was later also charged with drug possession and two counts of kidnapping.
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- The despair he felt led him into alcohol and drug abuse.
- The album mostly consists of songs about decline due to alcohol and drug abuse.
- A week later he flew to the Gold Coast for a three-day alcohol and drug binge during Schoolies week.
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- Semustine Semustine is a drug used in chemotherapy.
- Ortataxel Ortataxel is a drug used in chemotherapy.
- Etoglucid Etoglucid is a drug used in chemotherapy.
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- Additionally, drug resistance can be acquired through epigenetic mechanisms.
- The problem of drug resistance in malaria has driven efforts to develop vaccines.
- The plague bacterium could develop drug resistance and again become a major health threat.
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- He was arrested again in June 2006, on drug charges.
- Bond was arrested and indicted on Federal drug charges.
- Uptown broke up in 2000 after several group members were arrested on drug charges.
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- He was among Mexico's most-wanted drug lords.
- He was also considered one of Mexico's most-wanted drug lords.
- He was widely regarded as one of the most violent drug lords operating in Mexico.
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- Further drug tests returned positive for EPO and HGH.
- These compounds may produce positive results for amphetamine on drug tests.
- Failure to pass scheduled or random drug tests can result in ineligibility.
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- By 2006, the cartel sought to control most illicit drug sells.
- Senator Ernesto Sanz criticized that it did not mention the high inflation, crime rates and illicit drug trade.
- Murray in August 2018 returned a positive test for a matchday positive for an illicit drug, believed to be cocaine.
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- Crestmont saw a rise in crime in the 1980s due to the illegal drug trade.
- Today, espionage agencies target the illegal drug trade and terrorists as well as state actors.
- Prostitution and the illegal drug trade (including the overt sale and use of illegal drugs) was common along the street.
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- Macbeth leads Duncan's gang to a drug deal with Macdonwald and his men.
- Renny's drug deal goes wrong, and he is shot dead, leaving Cruz distraught.
- Both worlds collide when the drug deal stumbles into the imploding stag weekend.
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- However, this rule failed to motivate many drug companies to conduct additional pediatric drug trials.
- But those colleagues can be in the pay of drug companies – often undisclosed – and the journals are too.
- ICI and Glaxo licensed three “brand name” drug companies to make and sell the drug in finished form only.
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- Baseball has been taken to task for turning a blind eye to its drug problems.
- Due to drug problems within the band, they were forced to cancel an Australian tour.
- He recovered from his drug problems and started his own surf school on Oahu's North Shore.
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- Mostly, grocery and drug stores offer e-coupon services in loyalty program events.
- The company's products are often sold at discount and drug stores, but rarely in other markets.
- Students from Livingston College joined in the movement as well, and went to Salisbury drug stores to sit-in.
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- The show featured officers within Homeland Security, who fought various crimes such as drug trafficking.
- Storylines focussed on tackling 'issues', such as drug dealers, eco-warriors, religious cults, and a transsexual woman.
- The novels frequently deal with some of the major issues of modern Spain such as drug trafficking or the relationship of religion and politics.
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- Bond goes to Holland to kill an IRA hitman involved in drug smuggling.
- Diplomats and officials involved in drug smuggling have benefited from diplomatic immunity.
- Flunitrazepam is a drug that is frequently involved in drug intoxication, including overdose.
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- After leaving the force, Riley became an international drug smuggler.
- Bush was assigned by Reagan to chair two special task forces, one on deregulation and one on international drug smuggling.
- The international drug control system is overseen by the United Nations General Assembly and UN Economic and Social Council.
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- US FDA designated Pexa-Vec as an orphan drug.
- APO200 gained orphan drug status from the FDA in February 2006.
- Belinostat has been granted orphan drug and fast track designation by the FDA.
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- Another intriguing approach being tested is that of drug therapy.
- The mainstay of drug therapy for PEA is epinephrine (adrenaline) 1 mg every 3–5 minutes.
- After treatment, drug therapy is usually continued, and some patients receive maintenance ECT.
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- This is not drug money.
- Skyler also promises to continue laundering Walt's drug money as long as the children stay away.
- The scheme was based upon a Ponzi Pyramid; and it is alleged that drug money laundering was also involved.
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- The film is about two teenage boys from Helsinki who owe money to a local drug dealer.
- Little Melvin, a local drug dealer, makes a large bet, defies expectations and hits the number.
- He decides to help her kick the habit and fight the local drug mafia responsible for her condition.
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- Crystal meth seeping across the border from North Korea has led to a drug problem.
- Male gamblers were more likely to report a drug problem or being arrested on account of gambling.
- "Government officials in a majority of U.S. counties now report that meth is their counties’ most serious drug problem.
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- Loteprednol etabonate was developed using retrometabolic drug design.
- In turn, this has medical applications to rational drug design, through the field of molecular dynamics.
- He is known for his work on protein-protein interactions, protein engineering and structure-based drug design.
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- Ayman Saied Joumaa Ayman Saied Joumaa is a Colombian/Lebanese national and alleged drug kingpin.
- Ramon Cota (Billy Drago) is a wealthy and powerful drug kingpin who controls the cocaine industry with an iron fist.
- An unnamed U.S. official said that Treviño Morales may have been the man who fired the bullet that killed the drug kingpin.
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- Plasmids responsible for ESBL production frequently carry genes encoding resistance to other drug classes (for example, aminoglycosides).
- It is typically combined with a proton-pump inhibitor (such as omeprazole) and a macrolide antibiotic (such as clarithromycin); other drug combinations are also effective.
- However, unlike other drug control laws, "possession and use" together will be subject to control, whereas the Cannabis Control Law can not punish for "cannabis use only".
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- She also recorded public service announcements against drug driving and drug use in 1989.
- She also founded "To Be Number One Project" to campaign against drug usage among teenagers.
- Since December 2006 the Mexican government initiated a drug war against drug trafficking in Mexico.
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- All three were arrested and charged with five separate violations of federal drug laws.
- It is argued that as with alcohol, sobriety is the only safe alternative, and existing drug laws should be enforced.
- Other state and local governments ask law enforcement agencies to limit enforcement of drug laws with respect to cannabis.
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- The risk of drug interactions is increased with polypharmacy.
- Induction or inhibition of these enzymes can cause drug interactions.
- As such, estetrol is expected to harbor a low risk for drug interactions.