drug pushers

Illegal substance sellers

Drug pushers are people who sell illegal drugs, especially those who aggressively promote drug use to expand their customer base.

The term carries strong negative connotations, suggesting someone who preys on vulnerable people or actively recruits new users rather than merely supplying existing demand: The neighborhood was overrun with drug pushers and addicts.

Related

cartel · supplier · peddler · corner boys · distributor · trafficking · crack house · smuggling · overdoses · sting operation · black market · organized crime · runners · kingpin · controlled substances · contraband · dealing · undercover cop

Opposites
legality and legitimacy of substance distribution

drug pusherspharmacists

Licensed medication dispensers

apothecaries · pharmaceutical companies · doctors

relationship to drug use

drug pushersaddiction counselors

Specialists treating compulsive dependencies

interventionists

social role and moral valence

drug pushershealers

Those who treat ailments

caregivers · protectors · social workers

Family

drug, drugs, drugged, drugging, druggist, drugstore, pusher, push, pushes

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG-13