steel and concrete cure noun the sudden and complete deprivation of drugs to a jailed drug addict, who suffers intensely US
So you might as well get yourself set for the steel-and-concrete and the chuck horrors. I had ’em. — TheNewAmericanMercury, p. 711, 1950
The steel and concrete cure is the only cure I recommend for stool pigeons. — David Maurer and Victor Vogel, NarcoticsandNarcoticAddiction, p. 446, 1973