Drug cheat heading for temperate country (5)
I believe the answer is:
egypt
'country' is the definition.
(Egypt is an example)
'drug cheat heading for temperate' is the wordplay.
'drug' becomes 'e' (e is another name for ecstasy).
'cheat' becomes 'gyp' (gyp is a kind of cheat).
'heading for' says to take the initial letters.
The first letter of 'temperate' is 't'.
'e'+'gyp'+'t'='EGYPT'
(Other definitions for egypt that I've seen before include "North East African republic" , "North African state" , "Republic of North Africa" , "Home of the Sphinx" , "Country ruled by Cleopatra" .)