lethal drug

collocation in English

meaningsoflethalanddrug

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lethal
adjective
uk
/ˈliː.θəl/us
/ˈliː.θəl/
able to cause or causing death; ...
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drug
noun[C]
uk
/drʌɡ/us
/drʌɡ/
any natural or artificially made chemical that is used as ...
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(Definition oflethalanddrugfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In taking alethaldrug, the patient causes his death.
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We would like to draw attention to this potentiallylethaldrugreaction.
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There is no escape from the fact that tobacco manufacturers are spending £80 million a year on inducing people to become addicts of thislethaldrug.
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All other lethal drugs are controlled in one way or another and there is therefore an obligation here to control thislethaldrug.
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In cases of euthanasia the physician administers the means of death, usually alethaldrug.
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The injection of alethaldrugwas administered at 8:02 p.m.
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In the latter case a clean scientifically-controlled death through injection or the oral administration of lethal drugs is a potential option.
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The authorities responsible for the issuing, management and control of dangerous and lethal drugs such as diamorphine will be high on the list.
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Large-scale trafficking in lethal drugs is, in effect, dealing in death.
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So there is also a limit to the patient's entitlement to lethal drugs, which the doctor, if he is wise, will always administer with caution.
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As a result, children are given adult doses, and dangerous and lethal drugs, which should be taken under strict control, are taken as though they were sweets.
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The police need powers to hound the traffickers and those who have on them the hard lethal drugs which send too many youngsters to a painful and early grave.
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For example, lethal drugs may be prescribed as long as the recipient takes an active role in the drug administration.
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Ethical guidelines have cautioned physicians against prescribing lethal drugs.
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