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Drug centres strangely minus dope (5,4)

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I believe the answer is:

opium-dens

'drug centres' is the definition.
(places where opium is taken)

'strangely minus dope' is the wordplay.
'strangely' indicates an anagram.
'minus'+'dope'='minusdope'
'minusdope' with letters rearranged gives 'OPIUM-DENS'.

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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