drug addict

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Queer with Daniel Craig playing a gay drug addict, and the Maria Callas biopic Maria, starring Angelina Jolie as the celebrated Greek soprano did not get any awards.

From BBC • Sep. 7, 2024

The Deluge stars both the people trying to save the world and the ones wrecking it: a scientist, an advertising strategist, a math genius, a drug addict, politicians, activists, and right-wing authoritarians.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2023

Would you remove the mug shot of a former drug addict who turned her life around and now counsels other drug users?

From Slate • Feb. 16, 2021

"Not everyone that is homeless is an alcoholic or a drug addict — some just have fallen on very hard times," said Westside Costa Mesa resident Shirley McDaniels.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2018

“I’m not a drug addict, you pipsqueak,” I say.

From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart