Meaning & use
skag
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Slang term for heroin.
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The undercover officers tracked the dealer selling skag near the docks.
The documentary explored how skag addiction devastated the neighborhood in the 1970s.
A note on using this word
Also spelled "scag"; this slang term has been in use in English-speaking drug culture since at least the mid-20th century.
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smackheroin
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