| NOUN | artifact | gateway drug | a habit-forming drug that is not addictive but its use may lead to the use of other addictive drugs |
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| Meaning | A habit-forming drug that is not addictive but its use may lead to the use of other addictive drugs. | |
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| Example | "one college athlete recently called beer a gateway drug for young people" | |
| Broader | drug of abuse, street drug | A drug that is taken for nonmedicinal reasons (usually for mind-altering effects) |
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