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Noun: designer drug
  1. A psychoactive drug deliberately synthesized to avoid anti-drug laws; mimics the effects of a banned drug; law was revised in 1986 to ban designer drugs
    "The rise of designer drugs posed new challenges for law enforcement"

Derived forms: designer drugs

Type of: consciousness-altering drug, mind-altering drug, psychoactive drug, psychoactive substance

Encyclopedia: Designer drug