narcotic blockade

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The use of drugs to inhibit the effects of narcotic substances.

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It remains a Schedule I narcotic to this day, considered as dangerous and addictive by the federal government as heroin and MDMA.
Pot-Smoking Grannies, Jimmy Fallon Covers U2, and More Viral Videos|The Daily Beast Video|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Russian President Vladimir Putin pounced quickly Sunday, denouncing the economic blockade of the Donbas.
Eastern Ukraine Braces for ‘Full-Scale War’|Jamie Dettmer|November 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A blockade would have rapidly cut off Pakistan from oil supplies.
ICYMI: India-Pakistan Head for Nuke War|Bruce Riedel|October 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Chinese government banned qat earlier this year, and classified the plant as a dangerous narcotic.
Chinese Getting Hooked on the Middle East's Favorite Drug|Brendon Hong|October 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Though I prescribe hardly any narcotic pain medications, most ADHD medications are also Schedule II.
DEA's Painkiller Crackdown Too Little, Too Late?|Russell Saunders|August 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Botanists have enumerated between forty and fifty varieties of the tobacco plant who class them all among the narcotic poisons.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
Some writers have concluded that the plant served as a narcotic in some parts of Asia.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
Narcotic poisons are neutralized by vinegar:—Narcotics … torpor … strong wine … sour wine … vinegar.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
Will not one puff of that narcotic breath drowse deep all watching dragons, and make for him the sleeping beauties of his will?
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
"You will promise me not to use the narcotic buttons," he said, before sitting down.
Three More John Silence Stories|Algernon Blackwood