Designer drug and Psychoactive substance

Designer drug

Designer drug noun - 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.
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Psychoactive substance and designer drug are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Psychoactive substance" instead a noun phrase "Designer drug".

Psychoactive substance

Psychoactive substance noun - A drug that can produce mood changes and distorted perceptions.

Designer drug and psychoactive substance are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Designer drug" with "Psychoactive substance", this phrases are similar.
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