The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word COCAINE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result COCAINE
- Illegal substance CIA once concocted
- One seized by staff behind joint, delivering blow
- Drug money to acquire something like Ecstasy
- Drug company staff keeping current
- Company with No.2 man introducing one drug and another
- Drug runner entertaining murderer
- Old murderer found in church gets drug
- . Oceanic disturbances result in snow
- Scattered oceanic snow
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What does COCAINE mean?
COCAINE noun- A stimulant narcotic, derived from cultivated plants of the genus Erythroxylum, in the form of a white powder that users generally self-administer by insufflation through the nose.
- Any derivative of cocaine.