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drug addict

[druhg ad-ikt] / ˈdrʌg ˌæd ɪkt /


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They were married nearly 30 years, raised two sons and pursued careers that meant something to them — he as a psychotherapist working with drug addicts, she as an executive at a large ice cream company.

From New York Times

Margaret King, director of The Center for Cultural Studies & Analysis, says other groups could quickly follow, including anger management failures, drug addicts and “maybe even passengers who are anxious and depressed.”

From Seattle Times

The Deluge stars both the people trying to save the world and the ones wrecking it: a scientist, an advertising strategist, a math genius, a drug addict, politicians, activists, and right-wing authoritarians.

From Salon

The Puerto Rican pastor grew up in Los Angeles and ran a home in Tijuana for recovering drug addicts before converting it to a migrant shelter in 2018.

From Washington Times

“I’m all for drug addicts getting the treatments that they need because it’s a disease and they definitely need the care,” Harmongoff said.

From Washington Post