"drug-abuser" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1965 April 19, Theodore Berland, “The Goofball Menace—I: Pep Pills’ Worst Side Effects Are Violence, Crime, Death”, in Evening Journal, volume 33, number 92, Wilmington, Del., page 2, column 3",
          "text": "Last year, in the Journal of the American Medical Association, a team of doctors from Boston City Hospital reported that a survey showed “there may be far more drug-abusers and addicts in the general population than has ever been suspected.”",
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          "ref": "1965 September 14, Wendy Rogers, “Shadow of Addiction: ‘Pill Baby’ Gets His Kicks In Medicine Cabinet Raid”, in The Miami Herald, page 3-BR, column 4",
          "text": "Even agents of the Florida State Bureau of Narcotics are not entirely sure where drug-abusers get the pills.",
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          "ref": "2021 June 9, Bob Heleringer, “Can Bill Dieruf end GOP losing streak for Louisville mayor?”, in Courier Journal, volume 153, number 213, Louisville, Ky., page 13A, column 3",
          "text": "Working closely with his former colleagues on the council and his nationally-experienced police chief, Rick Sanders, J-town’s Angel program for self-admitted drug-abusers has proven so successful it has been adopted by over 300 cities state-wide.",
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  "word": "drug-abuser"
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          "ref": "1965 April 19, Theodore Berland, “The Goofball Menace—I: Pep Pills’ Worst Side Effects Are Violence, Crime, Death”, in Evening Journal, volume 33, number 92, Wilmington, Del., page 2, column 3",
          "text": "Last year, in the Journal of the American Medical Association, a team of doctors from Boston City Hospital reported that a survey showed “there may be far more drug-abusers and addicts in the general population than has ever been suspected.”",
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          "ref": "1965 September 14, Wendy Rogers, “Shadow of Addiction: ‘Pill Baby’ Gets His Kicks In Medicine Cabinet Raid”, in The Miami Herald, page 3-BR, column 4",
          "text": "Even agents of the Florida State Bureau of Narcotics are not entirely sure where drug-abusers get the pills.",
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          "ref": "2021 June 9, Bob Heleringer, “Can Bill Dieruf end GOP losing streak for Louisville mayor?”, in Courier Journal, volume 153, number 213, Louisville, Ky., page 13A, column 3",
          "text": "Working closely with his former colleagues on the council and his nationally-experienced police chief, Rick Sanders, J-town’s Angel program for self-admitted drug-abusers has proven so successful it has been adopted by over 300 cities state-wide.",
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