dopehead
Habitual drug abuser
A dopehead is a habitual drug user, especially someone addicted to marijuana or opioids.
The term is mildly derogatory, suggesting someone whose drug use defines them: Some dopehead broke into my car looking for stuff to pawn.
Less harsh than junkie but still dismissive.
Person with compulsive dependency
- stonerHabitual marijuana smoker
- potheadHabitual cannabis smoker
- tweakerMethamphetamine abuser
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
crackhead · methhead · acidhead · smackhead · fiend · user · nodder · tripper
Person with compulsive dependency
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- relapseReturn to former illness
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
detoxification · overdose · recovery · sobriety · tolerance · intervention · twelve-step · methadone
Defeated competitor
- degenerateDecline morally or physically
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
- deadbeatPerson avoiding owed payments
- good-for-nothingWorthless, idle person
waste · outcast · reject · bum · wretch · black sheep · lowlife · scum
Illegal addictive opiate
- marijuanaPsychoactive hemp plant
- opioidMorphine-class analgesic
- cocaineAddictive stimulant narcotic
- amphetamineCentral nervous system stimulant
methamphetamine · ecstasy · LSD · crack · pills · narcotics · psychedelics · hash
Rejection of mainstream values
- hippieSixties counterculture member
- beatnikFifties counterculture member
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
- bohemianArtistic nonconformist type
punk · grunge · raver · alternative · rebellion · dropout · scene · psychedelia
junkie
Person with compulsive dependency
burnout · crackhead · methhead · acidhead · smackhead · fiend · user · nodder · tripper · speedfreak
junkie
Person with compulsive dependency
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- relapseReturn to former illness
rehabilitation · detoxification · overdose · recovery · sobriety · tolerance · intervention · twelve-step · methadone · suboxone
loser
Defeated competitor
- degenerateDecline morally or physically
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
- deadbeatPerson avoiding owed payments
good-for-nothing · waste · outcast · reject · bum · wretch · black sheep · lowlife · scum · dropout
heroin
Illegal addictive opiate
amphetamine · methamphetamine · ecstasy · LSD · crack · pills · narcotics · psychedelics · hash · weed
counterculture
Rejection of mainstream values
- hippieSixties counterculture member
- beatnikFifties counterculture member
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
bohemian · punk · grunge · raver · alternative · rebellion · dropout · scene · psychedelia · Haight-Ashbury
- addictsaddicts, addict, junkies, drug addict, drug addicts
- drug slangweed, pot, grass, marijuana, cannabis
dopeheadteetotaler
Complete abstainer from liquor
nonuser · abstainer · nonaddict · straight edge · nondrinker
dopeheadstraight arrow
Honest, principled person
goody-goody · square · pillar of the community · narc · health nut