heroinomaniac

plural heroinomaniacs

1. A heroin addict.

   Heroin is more and more frequently used as a substitute for morphine, and there are now almost as many heroinomaniacs as morphinomaniacs.

   1982 June 8, International Herald Tribune, number 30,885, Paris

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   In his [P. Duhem’s] opinion, heroin is not only no less toxic than morphine, but the symptoms which appear in heroinomaniacs, such as weakness, prostration, leaden complexion, etc., are more marked than is the case in morphinomaniacs.

   1912, E. Merck’s Annual Report of Recent Advances in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Therapeutics, page 262

   Eycmans, Fr., suggests that heroinomaniacs may soon add to the army of neurotics, and cautions pharmacists as to the sale of these dangerous medicaments.

   1912, United States Congressional Serial Set, page 429

   At the Sing-Sing Prison in New York, for instance, it is estimated that, of the number of prisoners addicted to narcotics, at least 75 per cent are heroinomaniacs.

   1924, Health Committee: Minutes, page 58

   […]the substance is exported on a large scale to foreign countries purely for euphoric purposes, and the deprivative cure is accompanied in physically enfeebled heroinomaniacs by grave symptoms.

   1931, P. H. A. Wirth, transl., Phantastica: Narcotic and Stimulating Drugs; Their Use and Abuse, translation of original by Louis Lewin, published 1964, page 73

   Synonyms: heroinist