hophead

noun

1. (US, slang)A drug addict.

   “For the alcoholic there are numerous substitutes: a period of intense diversion and excitement, pressing need for rest, hypnotic sedatives, sleep. Not for the hophead. Sedatives don't touch it; he can't rest; he can't even sleep.”

   ““Oed,” looking at her puzzled, “you don't get addicted. It's not like you're some hophead. You take it because it's good. […]”

   “Hopheads, they screamed in three-inch headlines, which brought the inevitable police crackdown.”

   “Why should we all go around on tiptoe forever pretending the kid's not a hophead?”

2. (British, slang)A beer enthusiast or homebrewer, with emphasis on hoppier types of beer (i.e. brewed with more hops, like IPAs).