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المواد النفسية

English translation: Psychotropics

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Arabic term or phrase:	المواد النفسية
English translation:	Psychotropics
Entered by:	Howaida Emad

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13:34 Feb 4, 2012

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Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / drugs and drug abuse

Arabic term or phrase: المواد النفسية

that includes both narcotics (+ alcoholic drinks) and hallucinogens.
if I use the word "drugs" in this context it might be confused for legal drugs, any other suggestions?

tasneem81

Psychotropics

Explanation:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/psychotropic

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Howaida Emad
Local time: 13:03

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thanks a bunch :)
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Psychotropics

Howaida Emad

Substances

Taghreed Mahmoud

intoxicants

trsk2000

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7 mins confidence:

intoxicants

Explanation:
this generic term would incorporate alcoholic drinks, narcotics, legal and illegal, essentially anything that is regarded as poisonous for the body irrespective of the applicable laws of the country in question

Reference: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Intoxicants

trsk2000
Local time: 12:03
Native speaker of:

English

10 mins confidence:

Substances

Explanation:
Substance abuse إساءة استعمال المواد النفسية

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Taghreed Mahmoud
Egypt
Local time: 13:03
Native speaker of:

Arabic

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

Psychotropics

Explanation:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/psychotropic

Howaida Emad
Local time: 13:03
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 4

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thanks a bunch :)

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Feb 5 - Changes made by Howaida Emad:
Created KOG entry	KudoZ term => KOG term
Feb 4 - Changes made by TargamaT:
Language pair	English to Arabic => Arabic to English

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