addict to drugs
1addict — ad·dict 1 /ə dikt/ vt: to cause (a person) to become physiologically dependent upon a drug ad·dict 2 / a dikt/ n: one who is addicted to a drug Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
2Drugs and prostitution — are related in that some drug addicts, most commonly heroin or crack cocaine users, obtain their drugs primarily through prostitution. They may receive money (which is used to pay for drugs), or they may receive the drug in trade for sex. Such… …
3addict — ad|dict [ˈædıkt] n [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of addicere to give to formally or legally , from ad to + dicere to say ] 1.) someone who is unable to stop taking drugs drug/heroin/morphine etc addict ▪ a recovering heroin …
4addict — [[t]æ̱dɪkt[/t]] addicts 1) N COUNT: oft supp N An addict is someone who takes harmful drugs and cannot stop taking them. He s only 24 years old and a drug addict. 2) N COUNT: usu supp N If you say that someone is an addict, you mean that they… …
5addict */ — UK [ˈædɪkt] / US noun [countable] Word forms addict : singular addict plural addicts 1) someone who takes illegal or harmful drugs and cannot stop 2) someone who likes a particular activity very much and spends as much time as they can doing it a …
6drugs — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Medicinal substances Nouns 1. drugs; therapeutic drugs (see remedy); drug or substance abuse; drug addiction, [chemical] dependency, physical or psychological dependence, habit, reverse tolerance; glue… …
7addict — noun (C) 1 someone who is unable to stop taking drugs: treatment centers for addicts | drug/heroin/morphine etc addict: Many heroin addicts have contracted AIDS. 2 someone who spends too much time doing something they like: a television addict …
8addict — [ˈædɪkt] noun [C] 1) someone who cannot stop taking illegal or harmful drugs a heroin addict[/ex] 2) someone who likes doing a particular activity very much a TV addict[/ex] …
9addict — ad|dict [ ædıkt ] noun count * someone who takes illegal or harmful drugs and cannot stop a. someone who likes a particular activity very much and spends as much time as they can doing it: a TV addict …
10drugs — by Richard G. Smith According to Baudrillard, a perverse logic (SC, 97) drives consumer societies. A logic that fuels, not just the use and abuse of drugs, but also the growth of other phenomena: terrorism, violence, depression, fascism and… …
