antidrug
- adjective
- /ˈæntiˌdrʌg/
- NSFW
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antidrogas
- The school's new antidrug program includes support groups and educational workshops for students.
- antidrug efforts
Examples
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This line of reasoning seems to support the reply U.S. officials often hear when they demand that Mexico strengthen its antidrug efforts: that the basic problem is not supply from Mexico but demand from the United States, and that it is incumbent on the United States to reduce the quantities of illicit drugs its residents sell, buy, and consume.
Academic text (2011) -
Because he had served as chairman for his state's antidrug committee.
Fiction book (1994) -
For the United States, any antidrug center that did not possess a substantial military component would be ineffectual.
Academic text (1999) -
They tend to see the U.S.-backed Plan Colombia, an antidrug security aid package, as dragging them deeper and deeper into a nasty situation.
Academic text (2004) -
The government launched an antidrug campaign to educate youth about the dangers of substance abuse.
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Many communities are advocating for antidrug policies to reduce the impact of drug addiction on families.
Synonyms
Relating to actions that stop illegal drug use and selling
How Opposed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word antidrug is made of anti- meaning 'against' and drug. Like in antibiotic or antivirus, anti- means to fight or stop something, so antidrug describes programs or rules that try to prevent or reduce illegal drug use.