pill popper

pill popper

slang Someone who frequently or habitually uses or abuses drugs prepared as pills or capsules. She started getting hooked on the pain pills her doctor prescribed, and before long she had become a full-blown pill popper. I knew a couple of pill poppers in college who were always doing speed or ecstasy.
See also: pill, popper
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

pill-popper

and popper and pill-dropper
n. anyone who takes pills frequently or habitually. I knew she was always ill, but I didn’t know she was a pill-dropper. He’s not a hypochondriac, just a pill-dropper.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • pill dropper
  • pill freak
  • pill-dropper
  • pillhead
  • pill-popper
  • popsie
  • weedhead
  • go-pills
  • toxicated
  • toxy
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