noun
designer drug; quasi-legal drug
Formerly used by Japanese government bodies (e.g., Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) for substances that evaded drug laws by slight chemical modifications. Now largely replaced by terms like 危険ドラッグ or 脱法ドラッグ.
違法ドラッグの取り締まりが強化された。
Crackdowns on designer drugs were strengthened.
かつて違法ドラッグと呼ばれた物質の多くは、現在は危険ドラッグに分類される。
Many substances once called 違法ドラッグ are now classified as 危険ドラッグ.