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Feb 25, 2019 | 4:44 pm

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Originally Posted by yandosan

Google's good for a lot of things but I'm not sure it's the best dictionary. The theory I have heard about why cops hijacked the term is because it sounds a lot more spooky than "tranquilizer" or "sedative" or "mild hallucinogen" or "dissociative." Very effective Drug War lingo. George Orwell would be proud.

The DEA's explanation:

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WHAT ARE NARCOTICS?

Also known as “opioids,” the term “narcotic” comes from the Greek word for “stupor” and originally referred to a variety of substances that dulled the senses and relieved pain. Though some people still refer to all drugs as “narcotics,” today “narcotic” refers to opium, opium derivatives, and their semi-synthetic substitutes. A more current term for these drugs, with less uncertainty regarding its meaning, is “opioid.” Examples include the illicit drug heroin and pharmaceutical drugs like OxyContin, Vicodin, codeine, morphine, methadone, and fentanyl.

And the IWPharmacy's:

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Narcotic

Opioids are technically categorized under the term narcotic. However, due to the negative association the term narcotic has with illegal drugs, it has fallen out of use in medical settings. The narcotic definition pertains to an agent that produces insensibility or narcosis. When thinking about these terms broadly, you can think of opiates as being a subclass of opioids, and opioids as a subclass of narcotics.

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