soft drug

soft drug
noun
a drug of abuse that is considered relatively mild and not likely to cause addiction
Ant: ↑hard drug
Hypernyms: ↑drug of abuse, ↑street drug, ↑narcotic
Hyponyms:
bhang, ↑cannabis, ↑marijuana, ↑marihuana, ↑ganja, ↑hashish, ↑hasheesh, ↑haschisch, ↑hash

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a drug, usually illicit, that does not produce significant psychological or physical dependence.

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soft drug UK US noun [countable] [singular soft drug plural soft drugs]
an illegal drug such as cannabis that is less harmful than a hard drug such as heroin
Thesaurus: illegal drugs and drugs sometimes taken illegallyhyponym

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soft drug,
any drug that is not considered physically addictive, such as marijuana, mescaline, and various amphetamines: »

Although there was no doubt about the deleterious effects of hard drugs (heroin, morphine, etc.), there was much debate concerning the harmful effects of the soft drugs, such as marijuana (Donn L. Smith).

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ˌsoft ˈdrug [soft drug] noun
an illegal drug, such as ↑cannabis, that some people take for pleasure, that is not considered very harmful or likely to cause ↑addiction

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  • Soft Drug — 〈[ sɔ̣ft drʌ̣g] f.; , s〉 = weiche Droge; Ggs Hard Drug, Hard Stuff [engl.] * * * Sọft|drug [ drʌg], die; , s, (auch:) Sọft Drug, die; , s [engl. soft drug, eigtl. = weiche Droge] (Jargon): Rauschgift, das nicht süchtig macht (z. B. Haschisch,… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Soft Drug — [... drʌg] die; , s <aus engl. soft drug, »weiche Droge«> (Jargon) Rauschgift, das nicht süchtig macht (z. B. Haschisch, Marihuana); Ggs. ↑Hard Drug …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • soft drug — n an illegal drug such ↑marijuana that is not considered to be very harmful →hard drug …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • soft drug — noun count an illegal drug such as MARIJUANA that is less harmful than a hard drug such as heroin …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • soft drug — n. a relatively mild drug such as marijuana, generally regarded as being nonaddictive …   English World dictionary

  • soft drug — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms soft drug : singular soft drug plural soft drugs an illegal drug such as cannabis that is less harmful than a hard drug such as heroin …   English dictionary

  • soft drug — a drug, usually illicit, that does not produce significant psychological or physical dependence. * * * …   Universalium

  • soft drug — noun (C) an illegal drug such marijuana that is not considered to be harmful …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • ˌsoft ˈdrug — noun [C] a type of illegal drug that is less harmful than other illegal drugs …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • Soft Drug — Sọft Drug [ drag], die; , s <englisch> (Rauschgift mit geringerem Suchtpotenzial) …   Die deutsche Rechtschreibung

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