do drugs

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do drugs (third-person singular simple present does drugs, present participle doing drugs, simple past did drugs, past participle done drugs)

1. (idiomatic) To abuse an illegal drug or drugs, especially as a result of chemical addiction.
   • 2023 September 6, Greg Morse, “One more for the road?”, in RAIL, number 991, page 51:

     There is growing understanding that people drink or do drugs for difference ^[sic] reasons - and it may be linked to times of stress.