Legal Definition and Related Resources of Addict

One who has become a slave to a habit , such as the consumption of alcohol or narcotics or tobacco, as to lose reasonable self control .

noun

• adherent
• ardent admirer
• believer
• creature of habit
• devotee
• disciple
• enthusiast
• fan
• fanatic
• fancier
• follower
• frequenter
• partisan
• practitioner
• pursuer
• votary
• zealot

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What does Addict mean in American Law?

The definition of Addict in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:

The primary meaning today is habitual user of some intrinsically addicting substance like narcotics, e.g., “heroin addict.” The term is also used more loosely, however, to mean one who habitually overuses something, e.g, “clichE addict.”

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