Definition of Drug war

1. Noun. Conflict between law enforcement and those who deal in illegal drugs.

Generic synonyms: War, Warfare
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law

Lexicographical Neighbors of Drug War

drug screening
drug side effect
drug store
drug stores
drug test
drug tests
drug tetanus
drug tolerance
drug toxicity
drug traffic
drug trafficker
drug trafficking
drug user
drug utilization
drug utilization review
drug war (current term)
drug withdrawal
drugability
drugfree
druggability
druggable
drugged
drugger
druggers
drugget
druggets
druggie
druggier
druggies
druggiest

Literary usage of Drug war

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Taking the Profit Out of Drug Trafficking: The Battle Against Money edited by Bill McCollum (2001)
"... but Drug Trade Thrives," "Four Years of Bush's drug war, New Funds but an ... Says US is Losing drug war," "Cocaine Traffickers Diversify with Heroin. ..."

2. Political Murder and Reform in Colombia: The Violence Continues by Juan E. Méndez, Americas Watch Committee (U.S.) (1992)
"THE "drug war" At the time of our last report in October 1990, the Colombian government had been dedicating enormous energy to the pursuit of the leaders of ..."

3. State of War: Political Violence and Counterinsurgency in Colombia by Cynthia Arnson, Robin Kirk (1993)
"THE drug war Sixteen months after his escape from prison humiliated government officials, Pablo Escobar was hunted down in ..."

4. Bolivia Adventure Guide by Vivien Lougheed (2003)
"Coca & The drug war A Peruvian, Dr. Carlos Gutierrez-Noriega, ... Finally, the United States started its drug war and gave aid money so the farmers could ..."

5. National Drug Control Policy: Interdiction Efforts in Florida and the edited by J. Dennis Hastert (2001)
"There is no single person that is in charge of the drug war. However, in the mid-to-late 1980's, from my experience, what we had was a bunch of independent ..."

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