opiate

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If sports don't trump religion as the opiate of the masses, they have, until recently, been at least the background music of most of our lives.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2020

Sir Peter was also criticised by family members of patients who died after being given opiate drugs at Gosport War Memorial Hospital between 1987 and 2001.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2020

“The opiate of the masses,” I snootily replied on e-vites to sports-based gatherings.

From Washington Post • Jun. 14, 2018

The researchers created a hypothetical case of an African American man with sickle cell disease, a condition that typically requires opiate medications for control of painful flares.

From Slate • May 30, 2018

But there’s a Sufi story that challenges the notion that people believe only because they need an opiate.

From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green