dope

1. Term used for drugs of abuse, e.g. stimulants (cocaine, methamphetamine, Ritalin--"Kiddie Speed", etc.), opiates (heroin, OxyContin, etc.), dissociatives (PCP, ketamine--"Special K", DXM--"Robo"), cannibis, benzodiazepines (Valium, Xanax, etc). Probably originates from the dopey shit people do when they use large amounts of the above substances.

2. Cool, phat, bad, hip, hot, in, etc. Probably originates from the association of dope (drugs) with being cool and having a good time.

1. I'm seriously fiending for some good dope right now.

2. Damn, that girl looks dope!

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narcotic

1. (narrow-sense) An opiate, such as heroin, morphine, codeine, etc.

2. (broad-sense) A powerful mind-altering substance, usually illegal (tho not necessarily, see DXM, an over-the-counter narcotic, and hillbilly heroin, Ritalin, Vicodin, etc. which are legally prescribed).

1. Opiates are classic narcotics.

2. <Drug Warrior> Look at all those newfangled narcotics going around! The country's goin' to hell in a handbasket.

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