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Condemned in pub for swallowing ecstasy tablet? (9)

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I believe the answer is:

ibuprofen

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'tablet?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'condemned in pub for swallowing ecstasy' is the wordplay.
'condemned' is an anagram indicator.
'swallowing' indicates putting letters inside.
'ecstasy' becomes 'E' (informal term for the drug).
'in'+'pub'+'for'='inpubfor'
'inpubfor' is an anagram of 'ibuprofn'.
'ibuprofn' going around 'e' is 'IBUPROFEN'.

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(Other definitions for ibuprofen that I've seen before include "Anti-inflammatory medicine" , "Drug" , "anaesthetic" , "Painkiller" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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