heroin addicts
Hooked on smack
Heroin addicts are people physically and psychologically dependent on heroin, an opioid derived from morphine.
The term is straightforward but carries stigma—clinical contexts now prefer "people with opioid use disorder." The shelter serves heroin addicts and other homeless populations.
She'd been a heroin addict for fifteen years before getting clean.
- junkiesPeople with dependencies
- needlePointed implement for sewing
- needle exchangeSafe injection supply service
- track marksScarring from repeated injections
- overdoseHarmful excess intake
withdrawal · dope sick · methadone · rehab · kicked the habit · veins · nodding · nod off · spoon · chasing the dragon · fix · dope · shooting up · strung out · craving · detox · naloxone · fentanyl