dopers
Athletes using substances
Dopers is the plural of doper—someone who uses drugs, particularly in contexts where drug use is prohibited or frowned upon.
In sports, dopers are athletes who use banned performance-enhancing substances: The cycling world was rocked by revelations about dopers in the peloton.
More casually, dopers are simply people who smoke marijuana or use recreational drugs.
Performance-enhancing hormones
- bannedOfficially disallowed
- cheatingDeceptive rule-breaking
- suspensionTemporary halt or exclusion
- testosteroneChief male sex hormone
EPO · WADA · cycling · Tour de France · Olympics · sanctions · disqualification · testing
Person with compulsive dependency
- highGreat in altitude
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- dependenceState of needing another
rehabilitation · detoxification · relapse · overdose · substance abuse · recovery · methadone · needle
steroids
Performance-enhancing hormones
- bannedOfficially disallowed
- cheatingDeceptive rule-breaking
- suspensionTemporary halt or exclusion
testosterone · EPO · WADA · cycling · Tour de France · Olympics · sanctions · disqualification · testing · sprinters
junkie
Person with compulsive dependency
- highGreat in altitude
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- withdrawalAct of taking away
dependence · rehabilitation · detoxification · relapse · overdose · substance abuse · recovery · methadone · needle · rehab
trafficking
Illegal transport for profit
stash · underworld · syndicate · kingpin · supplier · distribution · street · corners · slinging · runners
dopersteetotalers
Those avoiding all alcohol
abstainers · non-users · straights · squares
- doped upHeavily under drug influence
- smoking dopeUsing marijuana by inhalation
- dope fiendHabitual drug user
- smoke dopeConsume cannabis by inhalation
- dope upAdminister drugs heavily
- straight dopeReliable inside information