eli5: How do drug addicts prevent starvation?

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If all a drug addict does is sit around being high *for days* how don’t they die from dehydration or starvation. Does heroin suppress the bodies’ desire for water and nourishment?

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They eat just barely enough to avoid literal starvation, that is malnutrition instead.

Malnutrition can cause starvation. Malnutrition can also be the catalyst for other causes of death

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If all a drug addict does is sit around being high *for days* how don’t they die from dehydration or starvation. Does heroin suppress the bodies’ desire for water and nourishment?

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They eat just barely enough to avoid literal starvation, that is malnutrition instead.

Malnutrition can cause starvation. Malnutrition can also be the catalyst for other causes of death

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