Synonyms for drug addiction
drug addic·tion

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1. drug addiction, white plaguenoun

   an addiction to a drug (especially a narcotic drug)

   Synonyms:
   wasting disease, pulmonary tuberculosis, phthisis, white plague, consumption

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1. • Addiction
   • Narcotic

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1. drug addiction

   Read the full text of the Drug Addiction poem by Sheila King on the Poetry.com website.

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1. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie:

   Drug addiction is a disease. And it's a failing to try drugs in the first place.

2. Diane Carlson:

   Youth marijuana use can have lifelong implications. The risks, which include psychosis, suicide, drug addiction and lower IQs, have been reported based on research on much lower THC potencies than are typically sold on Colorado's commercial market.

3. Kathleen Buhle:

   Not at all, kathleen Buhle was struggling under a massive drug addiction and that's heartbreaking and painful.

4. Ron Wyden of Oregon:

   A parent’s drug addiction is becoming a growing reason for removing children from their homes and placing them in foster care.

5. Pavel Horky:

   Fish are sensitive to adverse effects of many neurologically active drugs from alcohol to cocaine and can develop drug addiction related to the dopamine reward pathway in a similar manner as humans.