drug user
Person taking narcotics
A drug user is a person who takes drugs, typically referring to illegal or recreational substances rather than prescribed medications.
The term is relatively neutral compared to alternatives like addict or junkie: The clinic serves drug users without judgment.
It appears frequently in public health contexts where stigma-free language is preferred.
Act of taking away
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- relapseReturn to former illness
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
- overdoseHarmful excess intake
dependence · substance abuse · detoxification · methadone · suboxone · narcotics · opioids · intervention
Quantity of medicine
- fixRepair or solution
- intakeAmount received or consumed
- ingestionConsuming into the body
- usageAct of employing something
frequency · route · oral · intravenous · smoking · snorting · paraphernalia · pipe
Gathering for celebration
- highGreat in altitude
- tripPlanned travel somewhere
- stonedDrug-intoxicated state
- euphoriaIntense emotional high
psychedelic · ecstasy · rave · festival · concert · bliss · buzz · hallucination
Recovery from injury/addiction
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- sobrietyUnimpaired mental state
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
- treatmentCare for an ailment
counseling · 12-step · support group · sponsor · inpatient · outpatient · sober living · relapse prevention
withdrawal
Act of taking away
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- relapseReturn to former illness
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
overdose · dependence · substance abuse · detoxification · methadone · suboxone · narcotics · opioids · intervention · enabler
dose
Quantity of medicine
usage · frequency · route · oral · intravenous · smoking · snorting · paraphernalia · pipe · syringe
party
Gathering for celebration
euphoria · psychedelic · ecstasy · rave · festival · concert · bliss · buzz · hallucination · mushrooms
rehabilitation
Recovery from injury/addiction
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- sobrietyUnimpaired mental state
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
treatment · counseling · 12-step · support group · sponsor · inpatient · outpatient · sober living · relapse prevention · clean
- transit offendersfare evader, turnstile jumper, trespasser, ticket scalper, train robber
- criminalsmurderer, thief, burglar, criminal, killer
- delinquentsjuvenile delinquent, juvenile offender, young offender, youth offender, delinquent
- compulsivesperfectionist, obsessive, neurotic, control freak, neat freak
drug userabstainer
One who refrains
non-user · teetotaler · straight edge · non-drinker · prohibitionist
drug userdrug dealer
Sells illegal substances
DEA agent · narc · narcotics officer · pusher · drug lord
drug usersober
Free from intoxication
clean · straight · clearheaded · unimpaired · drug-free