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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.
Back on topic, a few examples of narcotics (as the term is used today) would be heroin, cocaine, (meth)amphetamine, cannabis, MDMA (ecstasy), ketamine, PCP and so on.