Meaning of hillbilly heroin | Babel Free

Definitions

Oxycodone, Percocet, or similar opioid/opiate drugs, when used as recreational drugs.

US, derogatory, slang, uncountable

Examples

““There are no secrets in this town.” “Maybe a few.” “No. None. You're having money problems. Our children had sex. Judy Gordon orders OxyContin over the Internet and has developed quite the habit.” “"Jesus Loves You" Judy?” “"Jesus Loves You" Judy loves her hillbilly heroin. But you didn't hear that from me. I don't like gossip.””

“Drug overdoses are the leading cause of accidental death in West Virginia, and the state leads the country in fatal drug overdoses. OxyContin—nicknamed “hillbilly heroin”—is king.”

“In a year of big stories, the opioid crisis has become one of the biggest, though it’s been a problem since the early 2000s. Around then, people in Kentucky, West Virginia, and southeast Ohio started referring to Percocet, OxyContin, and Vicodin as “hillbilly heroin.””

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