tv. & in. to use (drugs); to take drugs habitually. (Drugs and now widely known.) : I tried to stop using, but I couldn't.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition. Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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make use of
Utilize, use, as in I hope readers will make use of this dictionary. This expression dates from the late 1500s. Shakespeare had it in The Two Gentlemen of Verona (2:4).
