basehead
Freebase cocaine addict
A basehead is a person addicted to freebase cocaine or crack.
The term emerged in the 1980s during the crack epidemic and remains current slang for someone whose life centers on obtaining and smoking the drug: The corner was full of baseheads looking to score.
Often used disparagingly.
Person with compulsive dependency
- addictCompulsive dependent
- fiendCruel person or enthusiast
- userOne who operates something
- dependencyState of needing support
crack · cocaine · freebase · pipe · hit · high · fix · stash
One who sells goods
- dopeSlang triple-threat term
- shooting galleryAmusement target-practice booth
- trap houseBuilding for narcotics sales
- strung outAddicted and suffering withdrawal
nod · spun · tweaker · dopesick · hustle · corner · stash spot · connect
junkie
Person with compulsive dependency
dependency · crack · cocaine · freebase · pipe · hit · high · fix · stash · score
dealer
One who sells goods
- dopeSlang triple-threat term
- shooting galleryAmusement target-practice booth
- trap houseBuilding for narcotics sales
strung out · nod · spun · tweaker · dopesick · hustle · corner · stash spot · connect · reup
baseheadcasual user
Infrequent, non-expert participant
recreational user · chipper · teetotaler · abstainer · non-user
baseheadclean
Free of soil
straight · teetotaler · straight edge · abstainer · non-user