Talk:Chipper (drugs)

The term "chipping" is also common as a term for the use of illegal drugs, particularly heroin. 67.5.156.61 (talk) 05:04, 14 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Duly added – thanks!
 * —Nils von Barth (nbarth) (talk) 01:08, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

If anyone's interested, the term Chipping referring to occasional use of Heroin is used frequently in the film The Panic in Needle Park from 1971 set in New York City, staring Al Pacino (in his 2nd major film debut) -1348- (talk) 22:11, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Why "(tobacco)"?
The article explains the term's reference to both tobacco and opiate users, and quite frankly I've only ever heard or seen of it being used in reference to the latter of the two. Why is it Chipper (tobacco) instead of something more like Chipper (drugs)? They're both drugs, and I don't see any reason to believe that its reference to occasional tobacco users is more significant than its reference to occasional opiate users. In my experience, it's always been quite the opposite.

Agreed R. A. S immons Talk 05:59, 29 February 2016 (UTC)