Judge in drug haze reportedly (6)
I believe the answer is:
esteem
'judge' is the definition.
(I know that esteem is a type of regard)
'in drug haze reportedly' is the wordplay.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'drug' becomes 'e' (E is another name for ecstasy).
'haze' becomes 'stem' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'reportedly' becomes 'e' (I've seen this in other clues).
'e'+'stem'='estem'
'estem' going around 'e' is 'ESTEEM'.
(Other definitions for esteem that I've seen before include "gain respect" , "Hold in high regard and respect" , "High regard as for customer" , "'Regard, respect (6)'" , "Consider" .)