She was hospitalized Aug. 28 after going into cardiac arrest during outpatient surgery for her throat. Dan Steinberg/AP Joan Rivers shows off her diva necklace during arrivals for the 44th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles in 2002.
Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Medical, Acronyms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia. narcotics. n. 1) techinically, drugs which dull the senses. 2) a popular generic term for drugs which cannot be legally possessed, sold, or transported except for medicinal uses for which a physician or dentist's prescription is required.
Marijuana is a commonly used illegal drug made from dried leaves of the hemp plant. Smoking marijuana creates a high. Marijuana is a drug that is mostly smoked â in a joint, a bowl, a bong, or other device â but sometimes it can be eaten. Marijuana is illegal, but it is considered a soft drug â as opposed to hard drugs like heroin or cocaine, which are killers. People call marijuana pot and weed and a hundred other slang terms. There's also medical marijuana, which sick people, especially cancer patients, can get to relieve their pain.