anti-narcotics
adjective
an·ti-nar·cot·ics
ˌan-tē-när-ˈkä-tiks 
ˌan-tī-
ˌan-tī-
variants
or less commonly antinarcotics
: acting against or opposing illicit drugs and their use and distribution
an anti-narcotics operation
anti-narcotics officials
Examples of anti-narcotics in a Sentence
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Last month, two CIA agents were killed in a car crash along with local Mexican investigators on their return from an anti-narcotics operation in the northern state of Chihuahua.
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Megan Janetsky, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
Notably missing at the summit were the region's two dominant powers -- Brazil and Mexico -- as well as Colombia, long the linchpin of U.S. anti-narcotics strategy in the region.
—Arkansas Online, 8 Mar. 2026
Notably missing at the summit were the region’s two dominant powers — Brazil and Mexico — as well as Colombia, long the linchpin of U.S. anti-narcotics strategy in the region.
—Aamer Madhani, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2026
Notably missing at the summit were the region's two dominant powers — Brazil and Mexico — as well as Colombia, long the linchpin of U.S. anti-narcotics strategy in the region.
—CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
In the meantime, the administration’s anti-narcotics campaign carries on: The U.S. military struck two more boats suspected of carrying drugs last week, bringing to 104 the death toll of the campaign, which began in September.
—Anna Mulrine Grobe, Christian Science Monitor, 23 Dec. 2025
The move, while largely symbolic, lays legal groundwork for targeted strikes beyond traditional anti-narcotics operations.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
And those involved in the country's anti-narcotics fight have warned that recent funding cuts by the White House threaten to reverse the decline in overdose deaths and jeopardize other gains in the battle against synthetic opioids such as fentanyl and its analogues.
—Mariam Sunny, Freep.com, 15 May 2025
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Megan Janetsky, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
Notably missing at the summit were the region's two dominant powers -- Brazil and Mexico -- as well as Colombia, long the linchpin of U.S. anti-narcotics strategy in the region.
—Arkansas Online, 8 Mar. 2026
Notably missing at the summit were the region’s two dominant powers — Brazil and Mexico — as well as Colombia, long the linchpin of U.S. anti-narcotics strategy in the region.
—Aamer Madhani, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2026
Notably missing at the summit were the region's two dominant powers — Brazil and Mexico — as well as Colombia, long the linchpin of U.S. anti-narcotics strategy in the region.
—CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
In the meantime, the administration’s anti-narcotics campaign carries on: The U.S. military struck two more boats suspected of carrying drugs last week, bringing to 104 the death toll of the campaign, which began in September.
—Anna Mulrine Grobe, Christian Science Monitor, 23 Dec. 2025
The move, while largely symbolic, lays legal groundwork for targeted strikes beyond traditional anti-narcotics operations.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
And those involved in the country's anti-narcotics fight have warned that recent funding cuts by the White House threaten to reverse the decline in overdose deaths and jeopardize other gains in the battle against synthetic opioids such as fentanyl and its analogues.
—Mariam Sunny, Freep.com, 15 May 2025
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