dope fiend

• dopefiend

From dope +‎ fiend.

dope fiend (plural dope fiends)

1. (slang, derogatory) A person who abuses drugs.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:addict

   • 1914, Arthur B[enjamin] Reeve, “The Toxin of Death”, in The Dream Doctor (The Craig Kennedy Series), New York, N.Y., London: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, page 163:

     Of course you know how prohibition works in many places and how the law is beaten. The dope fiends seem to be doing the same thing with this law.

   • 2000, Darren Aronofsky, Hubert Selby Jr., Requiem for a Dream, spoken by Laughing guard:

     That's the trouble with ya New York dope fiends. Ya got a rotten attitude.