cocaine addiction
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6.5
- noun
- /koʊˈkeɪn əˈdɪkʃən/
- NSFW
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adicción a la cocaína
- However, the amount of work time lost to cocaine addiction is not possible to measure as accurately as the direct costs discussed above, since the level of addiction is not known, nor is the time lost from work readily attributable to cocaine abuse or other causes.
- treatment for cocaine addiction
- rehab for cocaine addiction
- battled cocaine addiction
Examples
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Obviously, an employee who is unable to work due to cocaine addiction or because the person participates in the illegal drug trade causes a loss of measured output for the economy.
Academic text (1990) -
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) have identified mechanisms in the brain responsible for regulating cocaine-seeking behavior, providing an avenue for drug development that could greatly reduce the high relapse rate in cocaine addiction.
Blog text (20) -
I was struggling with cocaine addiction.
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And I'm struggling with cocaine addiction.
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Holmes, must be weaned of his cocaine addiction.
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As he grew older, Fletcher became a regular on the LA party scene and by the age of 28 Fletcher had spent his entire earnings on an all consuming cocaine addiction.
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It has become my meditation practice; it has helped me overcome depression, self-loathing, and even a cocaine addiction.
Blog text (18) -
Tayna Fogle is a former University of Kentucky basketball team captain whose crack cocaine addiction led to a 10-year prison sentence.
Blog text (7) -
My uncle realized he was suffering from depression (in addition to a lengthy cocaine addiction) a few years ago, and he at some point said, "I didn't realize life wasn't supposed to be a bad thing."
Blog text (7) -
Washburn has been in and out of rehabilitation centers for four years due to his cocaine addiction.
Synonyms
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4.1
A strong harmful need to keep using a drug or activity even when you cannot stop
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3.7
Using drugs or alcohol too much so it harms your health
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2.8
Using illegal or harmful drugs too often so they harm a person's health and life
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3.4
A long-lasting problem where someone cannot stop using drugs even though it harms them
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6.0
A state of needing a drug or alcohol to feel normal
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5.5
A strong need to keep taking drugs or alcohol to feel normal
Antonyms
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Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'cocaine' names the drug and 'addiction' names a compulsive dependence, so a learner who knows both words will infer it means dependence on cocaine. This follows a common modifier+head noun pattern and is cross-linguistically transparent, so no specialized idiomatic knowledge is required.
Etymology
Cocaine addiction links the drug cocaine, first made from the coca plant, and the word addiction, which names when a person keeps using something and cannot stop. Imagine someone returning to a small white powder again and again even when it hurts them; that's why cocaine addiction means 'a condition where someone cannot stop using cocaine despite harmful consequences'.