crazy but true

https://ogdaa.blogspot.com/2021/02/things-havent-changed-much.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk%3AJunkie#:~:text=The%20term%20%22junkie%22%20originated%20from,to%20pay%20for%20their%20habit.

An article, apparently reproduced from a September 1998 edition of the Sunday Times:

 "In 1913, Bayer decided to stop making heroin. There had been an explosion of heroin related admissions at New York and Philadelphia hospitals, and in East Coast cities a substantial population of recreational users was reported (some supported their habits by collecting and selling scrap metal, hence the name "junkie")."