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Using numbers is a drug (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

digitalis

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'a drug' is the definition.
(I know that digitalis is a type of drug)

'using numbers is' is the wordplay.
'using numbers' becomes 'digital' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'digital'+'is'='DIGITALIS'

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(Other definitions for digitalis that I've seen before include "plant making this drug?" , "Heart drug prepared from foxglove leaves" , "medicinal drug" , "Drug from foxgloves" , "Drug derived from foxglove leaves" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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