opiate

But fame has a way of upgrading your perception of everything it touches; it installs a gloss that no one likes to revoke — the illusion it supplies is too effective an opiate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2023

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

And what opiate for his severe sufferings—what object for his strong passions—had he sought there?

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

Bonus: I need no more arthritis meds, no more opiates, no more braces and no cane.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 5, 2024

Finally, he has cited several global issues—food security, climate change, pandemics, the spread of opiates, and the perils of artificial intelligence—that can be solved only through U.S.-China cooperation.

From Slate ● Nov. 14, 2023

Yet the most widely used analgesics today are essentially folk remedies that have served for centuries: morphine and other opiates derive from the opium poppy, and aspirin comes from willow bark.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 10, 2021

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new guidelines strongly discouraging doctors from prescribing opiates, including OxyContin and Vicodin, for patients with chronic conditions such as back problems, migraines and arthritis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2016

The pillow smells of his lime pomade and she breathes it in, sobbing . . . . . . until, drugged by weeping’s opiates, she falls asleep.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides