English Reference
Idiom idiom

do drugs

Meaning

To abuse an illegal drug or drugs, especially as a result of chemical addiction.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples
SIMPLE

“He does drugs and needs help to stop.”

CONTEXTUAL

“The counselor warned the students about the dangers of starting to do drugs.”

COMPLEX

“Despite his family's desperate interventions, he continued to do drugs, slowly losing his health and his career to the addiction.”

Anchors to
Related idioms2entries
  1. 01

    drug on the market

    something which is overabundant at the moment and thus not in demand.

  2. 02

    gateway drug

    A typically legal or less harmful substance, such as marijuana, whose use is statistically associated with an increased likelihood of progressing to a more dangerous or illicit drug.

Last updated August 10, 2026