drug addicts
Hooked on chemicals
Drug addicts is the plural of drug addict—a person physically or psychologically dependent on drugs.
The term is straightforward but often considered stigmatizing in clinical and policy contexts, where "people with substance use disorders" is preferred.
Still common in everyday speech: The neighborhood shelter serves homeless drug addicts.
She works with recovering drug addicts.
- detoxSubstance removal process
- opioid crisisMass addiction emergency
- junkiesPeople with dependencies
- strung outAddicted and suffering withdrawal
- narcoticsDrugs inducing sleep, numbness
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drug addictsteetotalers
Those avoiding all alcohol
abstainers · non-users · recovering addicts · social drinkers
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