hard drug

hard drug (plural hard drugs)

1. An illegal, highly addictive drug.

   Antonym: soft drug

   • 2017 February 22, Jocelyn Samara D., Rain (webcomic), Comic 917 - The Stuff:

     "Hey, Rain. As long as Ana's occupied... I haven't gotten a chance to ask yet, but did everything go well yesterday? Have you... you know... got the stuff yet?" "First off, Maria, you're not subtle. Like, at all. Second, you make it sound like she's doing hard drugs."

• “hard drug”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “hard drug” (US) / “hard drug” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “hard drug”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.