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Abstract
Drugs that are manufactured, obtained, or sold illegally. They include prescription drugs obtained or sold without prescription and non-prescription drugs. Illicit drugs are widely distributed, tend to be grossly impure and may cause unexpected toxicity.
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19 entry terms
- Drugs, Illegal
- Illegal Drug
- Illegal Drugs
- Illicit Drug
- Drug, Illegal
- Drug, Illicit
- Drugs, Illicit
- Club Drug
- Club Drugs
- Recreational Drug
- Recreational Drugs
- Street Drug
- Street Drugs
- Drug, Club
- Drug, Recreational
- Drug, Street
- Drugs, Club
- Drugs, Recreational
- Drugs, Street
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22 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, agonists, analysis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, legislation & jurisprudence, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, toxicity, urine.
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Indexing Annotation
coordinate with specific drug or chemical
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History Note
2020 (1977); use DRUGS 1977-1986
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Previous Indexing
- Drug and Narcotic Control (1968-1976)
- Substance Abuse (1968-1976)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Illicit Drugs. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013287. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013287
- Illicit Drugs. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_drugs
- Illicit Drugs. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10268802