substance abuser
noun [ C ] uk/ˈsʌb.stəns əˈbjuː.zər/ us/ˈsʌb.stəns əˈbjuː.zɚ/
药物滥用者，吸毒者
someone who regularly uses illegal or harmful drugs
About 70 percent of the street homeless are mentally ill or substance abusers or both. 大约70%的街头无家可归者是精神病患者或药物滥用者，或两者都是。
See: substance abuse
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- Often, substance abusers leave jail, relapse into drug use and criminal activity, and return to jail.
- Most substance abusers are in denial.
- a recovering substance abuser
- Many of the mentally ill are also substance abusers.