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recreational drug

noun

Definition of RECREATIONAL DRUG

:  a drug (as cocaine, marijuana, or methamphetamine) used without medical justification for its psychoactive effects often in the belief that occasional use of such a substance is not habit-forming or addictive

First Known Use of RECREATIONAL DRUG

1976
Medical Dictionary

recreational drug

noun rec·re·a·tion·al drug \ˌrek-rē-ˈā-sh(ə-)nəl-\

Medical Definition of RECREATIONAL DRUG

:  a drug (as cocaine, marijuana, or methamphetamine) used without medical justification for its psychoactive effects often in the belief that occasional use of such a substance is not habit-forming or addictive

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