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We hear the terms “smoking dope”, “dope fiends”, and “using dope”. Obviously, “dope” is a pejorative term for illegal drugs, including marijuana, heroin, and perhaps all other illegal drugs. The term obviously does not apply to alcohol and nicotine. Reducing the use of the term “dope” will help to reduce the stigma associated with public misunderstanding of what these drugs do to the brain.
