ADJ

powerful, strong
modern, new
wonder
They're hailing it as the new wonder drug
sedative
anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, anti-malarial, etc.
prescription
You used to be able to buy this medicine over the counter, but it is now a prescription drug

QUANT

course, dose

VERB + DRUG

be on, take
Are you taking any other drugs at present?
prescribe (sb), put sb on
The doctor put me on anti-inflammatory drugs
give sb, treat sb with
administer, give sb
The nurses came round to give the patients their drugs
develop
new drugs that have been developed recently
be resistant to, not respond to
Some infections are now resistant to drugs

DRUG + VERB

cure sth, help sth, treat sth
drugs that help the growth of skin tissue

DRUG + NOUN

company

PREP

~ against
a powerful drug against tuberculosis
~ for
He's taking drugs for depression

ADJ

illegal
addictive, hallucinogenic
dangerous, hard
heroin and other hard drugs
soft
(= not considered very dangerous) Many addicts start on soft drugs, such as cannabis
designer
(= artificially produced) She took a tablet of the designer drug Ecstasy

VERB + DRUG

inject (See note for more verbs.)

DRUG + NOUN

baron, pusher
cartel
misuse
drug/drugs charges, offence
squad
war
the latest moves in the drug war (See note for more nouns.)

PHRASES

drink and drugs
the dangers of drink and drugs