Junkie
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
| Revision as of 08:20, 8 January 2008 Jahsonic (Talk | contribs) ← Previous diff |
Current revision Jahsonic (Talk | contribs) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| + | [[Image:Morphine.jpg|thumb|left|200px|''[[Morphine]]'' ([[1894]]) - [[Santiago Rusiñol]]]] | ||
| + | {| class="toccolours" style="float: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 2em; font-size: 85%; background:#c6dbf7; color:black; width:30em; max-width: 40%;" cellspacing="5" | ||
| + | | style="text-align: left;" | | ||
| + | "It takes at least three months’ shooting twice a day to get any [[Substance dependence|habit]] at all. And you don’t really know what [[Junkie|junk sickness]] is until you have had several habits. It took me almost six months to get my first habit, and then the [[Drug withdrawal|withdrawal symptoms]] were mild. I think it no exaggeration to say it takes about a year and several hundred injections to make an [[addiction|addict]]." --preface to ''[[Junkie (novel)|Junkie]]'', William S. Burroughs | ||
| + | |} | ||
| + | [[Image:Heroin by Bayer.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Heroin]] was commercially developed by [[Bayer|Bayer Pharmaceutical]] and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. [[1900]]) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.]] | ||
| {{Template}} | {{Template}} | ||
| + | '''Junkie''' or '''junky''' refers to a person suffering from [[Substance dependence|drug addiction]], formally called an "[[addict]]," either to [[recreational drug use]] or, less frequently, to [[prescription drug]] use. Most commonly used to refer to a '''heroin addict''', but often applied to addicts of other [[controlled substance|controlled or illegal substance]]s. It can also refer to a [[hyperbole|hyperbolic]] expression for a person with a particularly strong enthusiasm for some activity, e.g. "a TV junkie", "a ski junkie" | ||
| + | == Namesakes == | ||
| + | * [[Junkie (novel)|''Junkie'' (novel)]], a novel by William S. Burroughs | ||
| {{GFDL}} | {{GFDL}} | ||
Current revision
|
"It takes at least three months’ shooting twice a day to get any habit at all. And you don’t really know what junk sickness is until you have had several habits. It took me almost six months to get my first habit, and then the withdrawal symptoms were mild. I think it no exaggeration to say it takes about a year and several hundred injections to make an addict." --preface to Junkie, William S. Burroughs |
|
Related e |
|
Featured: |
Junkie or junky refers to a person suffering from drug addiction, formally called an "addict," either to recreational drug use or, less frequently, to prescription drug use. Most commonly used to refer to a heroin addict, but often applied to addicts of other controlled or illegal substances. It can also refer to a hyperbolic expression for a person with a particularly strong enthusiasm for some activity, e.g. "a TV junkie", "a ski junkie"
Namesakes
- Junkie (novel), a novel by William S. Burroughs
