heroin addict• There was this other guy who was either an aging rocker or a heroin addict, or both.• We know he's a heroin addict.• She was sharing a room with a girl called Anita, an exheroin addict.• Drug warriors frequently remind us that there are few cocaine or heroin addicts who did not smoke marijuana first.• I was a recoveringheroin addict who befriends Nastassja Kinski's character.• Frankfurt has 10,000 registeredheroin addicts.• Only with heroin addicts, that can be fatal a lot faster than with smokers.
Originheroin
(1800-1900)GermanGreekheros ( → HERO); because taking it is said to make people feel heroic