chemical cosh
n.— «Treatments of mental and physical illnesses were spiritual tasks, not merely matters for medical repair, the prince said. Psychiatrists should resort less often to the “chemical cosh” of drugs.» —“How a prince promotes medical treatment for the whole man” by Thomson Prentice Times (London, United Kingdom) Feb. 13, 1992. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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