Letter N

Narcotic

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<B>1.</B> A drug that causes insensibility or stupor.

A narcotic induces narcosis, from the Greek 'narke' for 'numbness or torpor.'<BR><B>2.</B> A drug such as marijuana which is subject to regulatory restrictions comparable to those for addictive narcotics

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