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Taking drugs at party, one in Papua New Guinea (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

doping

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'taking drugs' is the definition.
(doping is a kind of taking drugs)

'at party one in papua new guinea' is the wordplay.
'at' says to put letters next to each other.
'party' becomes 'do' (do is a kind of party).
'one in papua new guinea' becomes 'ping' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'do' put next to 'ping' is 'DOPING'.

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(Other definitions for doping that I've seen before include "Giving sedative" , "Taking 8" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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