The phrase "narcotic substance" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to refer to drugs that have a sedative, hypnotic, or analgesic effect on the body. For example, "Police officers confiscated a large quantity of various narcotic substances from the premises."
His dual life as an investigator and addict in thrall to the mysterious narcotic Substance D, lead him to a crisis.
For example, a person caught with four ounces of a narcotic substance could be sent to prison for 15 years to life.
The production company did have a bizarre encounter with a man (allegedly under the influence of a narcotic substance) who was wielding an air-conditioning unit as a weapon.
Re "For a Paralyzed Inmate, Rigid Drug Laws Are the Crueler Trap" (Our Towns column, April 16): The Rockefeller drug laws, passed in 1973, require a minimum sentence of 15 years to life for the sale of two ounces or the possession of four ounces of a narcotic substance.
He died in a hospital either from his injuries or from the "narcotic" substance he was on, Bradshaw said.
I'd brought with me a pile of home drug testing kits, which allow you to measure the purity of your narcotic substance and see what else it's been cut with.
Vladimir Markin, the chief spokesman for the Investigative Committee, a law enforcement organization, told the Interfax news agency that the police had found possible "narcotic substances" on board the Arctic Sunrise.
"Narcotic substances" had also been found on board the boat, which preliminary tests suggested were morphine and poppy straws (opium poppy pods), he added.
I don't think there's any proof that he was helped in any way by taking narcotic substances," she said. .
Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin said "narcotic substances" -- apparently morphine and poppy straw, which is used to manufacture opiates such as heroin – were found on the ship along with "dual purpose" equipment that "could be use not only for ecological ends".
However, in the decades since the adoption of the Single Convention, the need for access to controlled substances for proper medical use has been sidelined as the infamous 'War on Drugs' has led to the creation of national laws and policies which restrict access to all narcotic substances - harmful drugs and helpful medications alike.
