nonabusable

English

Etymology

non- +‎ abusable

Adjective

nonabusable (comparative more nonabusable, superlative most nonabusable)

1. Not abusable, especially not addictive.
   • 1971, United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Crime, Narcotics Research, Rehabilitation, and Treatment, page 409:

     I wondered, assuming that we find a legal basis for this requirement, that methadone only be dispensed in a nonabusable form, what criteria would you require to arrive at that decision?

   • 2002, David F. O'Connell, Eileen P. Beyer, Managing the Dually Diagnosed Patient, page 169:

     As an alternative to psychostimulants, the use of nonabusable medications such as pemoline or bupropion may be considered and have been effective in reducing ADHD symptoms (Riggs, 1998).

   • 2011, Louis A. Pagliaro, Ann Marie Pagliaro, Handbook of Child and Adolescent Drug and Substance Abuse:

     The psychotropics can be further divided into either abusable or nonabusable psychotropics.