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What is the origin of the terms Jones and Jonesing as they relate to drug addiction and craving?
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∙ 13y ago
According to an article in The New York Times March 17, 2002. "The slang term jones, meaning an addiction to drugs, is said to have originated among addicts who lived in Great Jones Alley, off Great Jones Street, between Broadway and Lafayette Street."
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoThis term is used mostly in the medical field and it refers to "the extreme desire or need" for a drug or alcohol addiction, not to exclude nicotine. The common use in a sentence would be "I am jonesing for a cigarette" or "The patient is jonesing for his fix"
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