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[deckardcanine]

According to my dictionaries, "sober" can mean "not drunk," but it never means "not stoned." So what word does mean "not stoned"?

Either I'm suffering from a slang deficit, or the English language is.

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[sleepyjohn00.livejournal.com]

'straight'?

[deckardcanine.livejournal.com]

That's for someone who never gets stoned, no? I want a word that can apply to a temporary lack of a high.

[nefaria.livejournal.com]

"clean" is sometimes used, but its context is a lot like "straight".

[thefoxaroo.livejournal.com]

Has a need been created in the English language for such a term?

[deckardcanine.livejournal.com]

Why not? We have sobriety tests. We talk about waiting until a drunk person "sobers up." And while alcohol appears more widely abused than all other drugs combined, we have plenty of slang for the latter.

[thefoxaroo.livejournal.com]

Because the consumption of alcohol (at least in the western world) is considered socially acceptable, whereas in conventional western society the taking of illicit drugs is, by its very definition... illicit.

[richardf8]

Whereas a drunk person "sobers up," a high person "comes down."