Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic Glossary

Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic Glossary

Relapse

The condition of someone who had been addicted to drugs or alcohol, had been clean for many years, and then went back to using drugs or alcohol

Overdose

Having more drugs than the body can handle, often leading to death or injury

Unmanageability

Not being able to be managed

thebaine

An opium derivative

Epidemic

A rampant problem affecting many people

Coincidentially

Something that happens by chance

Euphemism

A mild phrase or word that takes the place of a more direct or unpleasant expression

Enamored

Obsessed with

Debase

To degrade

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