antidrug

American  

[an-tee-druhg, an-tahy-] / ˌæn tiˈdrʌg, ˌæn taɪ- /

adjective

1. opposing or restricting the use of narcotics or other drugs of abuse.

   to enact stricter antidrug laws.

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Etymology

Origin of antidrug

First recorded in 1965–70; anti- + drug ¹

Example Sentences

It also gave the Pentagon an additional $1 billion for antidrug and border missions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025

Choi plays Choi Min-jae, a third-generation police detective whose reputation for honesty gets him assigned by Internal Affairs to an antidrug task force rumored to be corrupt.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2022

However, the advisory body warned there “remain significant gaps in U.S.-China antidrug cooperation”.

From Reuters • Aug. 24, 2021

The increasing public political role of the first lady continued in the 1980s with Nancy Reagan’s “Just Say No” antidrug campaign and in the early 1990s with Barbara Bush’s efforts on behalf of literacy.

From Textbooks • Jul. 28, 2021

Department of Defense antidrug allocations increased from $33 million in 1981 to $1,042 million in 1991.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander