vein brother n.—Gloss: a man with whom you get high on injected drugs, especially if you share a needle. «But nothing in their records, or in their daily appearances around the neighborhood, could foretell what became the macabre final...
white-knuckling n.— «In London, she was, in drug parlance, “white-knuckling”: clinging to sobriety without changing her life. » —“When the party’s over” by Janice Turner Times (London, United Kingdom) July...
hopium n.— «A hopium addict is someone who puts their own emotional needs on hold, while they wait for their partner to kick their addiction—be it to drugs, alcohol, gambling, or emotionally and physically abusive behaviour—despite all...
cashish n. money. Etymological Note: From cash ‘money in the form of bills or coins.’ Imitative of hashish ‘a hullucinogenic resinous extract of the hemp plant,’ which also lends a connotation of illicitness or addiction. (source: Double-Tongued...
juice bar n. a methadone clinic, especially one that is seen to encourage addiction rather than cure it. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
monster n. an addiction. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)