hillbilly heroin
nounEtymology
From its initial popularity in rural regions in Kentucky, West Virginia, and Ohio.
Definitions
Oxycodone, Percocet, or similar opioid/opiate drugs, when used as recreational drugs.
- 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.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for hillbilly heroin. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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