[mjp]

Commonly encountered terms such as junkie, drug abuser, and crack head are alienating, and designate people who use drugs as others – morally flawed and inferior individuals.

you can evade reality but you cannot avoid the negative consequences of evading reality

[Vanders9]

It urged newspapers and broadcasters to encourage more positive attitudes by calling a drug user a ‘person who uses drugs’.

What if you don't WANT people to have positive attitudes to drug use?

[Parmy]

addicted = junkie

[Renegade]

Major Tom is a Junkie!

[jonrick46]

By putting biochemicals that mimic normal brain chemistry, people have sabotaged the normal biochemical processes. This pseudo chemistry, by the way it destroys normal function, is junk to the brain.

[Political Junkie Too]

Commonly encountered terms such as junkie, drug abuser, and crack head are alienating...

But being strung out in the hallway of some abandoned flophouse is not alienating?

-PJ

[hal ogen]

How about “degenerate losers”? That’s the ticket.

[bar sin·is·ter]

So... people who use drugs are now suddenly interested in trigger words and identity politics?

[Fedora]

Big Brother now prefers the term “soma users”.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

As always, they can change the word used to describe them but whatever they change it to will become a pejorative. Its not the word, its the people and their behavior.

[Mears]

“-———person with substance use disorder——”

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Nah,that just doesn’t do it!

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[BuffaloJack]

Would Doper of Dope Fiend be more acceptable?

[Chode]

next robbery will become a financial transaction and rape a social engagement

[PrairieLady2]

Try living with a junkie, and you will soon learn what a kind words junkie really is! VOE.

[Trillian]

How about the pre-dead?

[moovova]

Hah. I know what I’ll be calling junkies from now on...

[SandRat]

OK, how about WEED HEAD?

[wally_bert]

Would hype still be OK?

Assuming that’s a drug user.

[RetiredTexasVet]

Cretin is probably more correct anyway!

[5th MEB]

How about I just call them what I always have, DUMBASS DOPERS.