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Vocabulary

a habitual drug user

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00 What comes to your mind when you hear the word "a habitual drug user"?02br
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i am not native but I am gonna try to contribute. 02br 02br 00So I presume by your expression, it can be both meanings, tending to illegal substance because if it is a person who has permanent illness due to complications it would be wiser to talk about his sickness, not the medicine. 0-

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  • i am not native but I am gonna try to contribute.
  • 02br 02br 00So I presume by your expression, it can be both meanings, tending to illegal substance because if it is a person who has permanent illness due to complications it would be wiser to talk about his sickness, not the medicine.
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0Ok...i am not native but I am gonna try to contribute. 02br
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00According to Cambridge dictionary, 'drugs' either means:02br
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0Without a doubt, to me it means someone who frequently uses illegal drugs. It does not mean the person is addicted. (And if you mean cocaine, it's not Coke, but coke. Although I drink more Diet Coke than most people, few of us are actually addicted to the carbonated beverage.)02br
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00If you need to describe someone who uses medications to manage a chronic disease, do not
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0 How about 'a habitual user of drug'?02br
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0 No, it isn't used as a phrase to describe people who take prescription medicines. 'User' is only ever used to describe someone who uses illegal/recreational drugs. 0-
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0A habitual drug user: This is the kind way of saying that someone is addicted to a drug (Whether illegal or an abuse of a medication like Oxycontin). It's often used when someone of high social class uses drugs. It makes me think of someone that gets addicted to pain-killers after an accident, and they can't stop taking the drug even though they don't need it for pain management anymore.02br
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00For someone using prescription drugs appropriately over a long period of time, I think I would instinctively say “on long-term medication”.02br
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Ok, first off, let me start by saying I have been on Oxycodone for a total of 4 months 10 mg twice a day for a nerve pain and muscle pain resulting from an auto mobile accident, Recently 3 days ago to be exact I tore my ACL it was on a sunday I almost went to the ER but I doubled my pain medicine called my primary Monday morning but he did not have an opening until tuesday, so I continued to doubl
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