違い法ほうドラッグ

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.

See also: 脱法ドラッグ · 危険ドラッグ

• 違い法ほうドラッグの取とり締しまりが強きょう化かされた。

  Crackdowns on designer drugs were strengthened.

• かつて違い法ほうドラッグと呼よばれた物ぶっ質しつの多おおくは、現げん在ざいは危き険けんドラッグに分ぶん類るいされる。

  Many substances once called 違法ドラッグ are now classified as 危険ドラッグ.