recreational pharmaceutical

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recreational pharmaceutical

noun recreational pharmaceuticals

  1. A medication or similar controlled substance which is consumed outside the context of normal medical treatment for the sole purpose of inducing pleasant sensations, mental reverie, or a state of intoxication. If there is one person who can be held responsible for the emergence of cocaine as a recreational pharmaceutical, it was Freud.

    Similar: recreational drug

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@misc{recreational_pharmaceutical_2026,
  title = {recreational pharmaceutical},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/recreational%20pharmaceutical},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}