OK, help me out here. What the hell is a tweeker? Randy is reading

[napi21]

the Ak. paper, and she was talking about the big meth problem they have. Then she read "kids were living in squalor and there were tweekers in the homes." I THOUGHt I was familiar with most jargon, but I never heard of a tweeker!

[skooooo]

1. Someone who does meth. nt

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. A tweaker is a meth user.

[tjwash]

3. A meth user that stays up for days and days on end

[Tangerine LaBamba]

4. A tweaker is a meth monster

who has forsaken sleep because of, well, too much meth. After a week or two without sleep, they tend to get grouchy. And paranoid. And homicidal.

[DCKit]

10. Looks like:

Acts like:

[murphymom]

5. I believe tweaker is the term for a meth user (n/t)

[Frank Cannon]

6. Named, I believe, after the fact that meth addicts pick...

at their faces and other body parts until they are bleeding and infected.

Lovely.

[madokie]

7. tweeker is what we call a habitual crank user

because of the way their bodies move involuntarily, or I suspect involuntarily

[napi21]

8. Thanks everybody. In the context that Randi read, it sounded like it was amoe tangible

thing.

[Historic NY]

9. Urban dictionary....

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tweeker

[gblady]

11. from stopdrugs.org

"The most dangerous stage of meth abuse for abusers, medical personnel, and law enforcement officers is called "tweaking." A tweaker is a heavy Meth user who probably has not slept in 3-15 days and is irritable and paranoid. Tweakers often behave or react violently and if a tweaker is using alcohol or another depressant, his negative feelings and associated dangers intensify. The tweaker craves more meth, but no dosage will help re-create the euphoric high, which causes frustration, and leads to unpredictability and potential for violence. A tweaker can appear normal: eyes can be clear, speech concise, and movements brisk. But a closer look will reveal the person's eyes are moving ten times faster than normal, the voice has a slight quiver, and movements are quick and jerky. These physical signs are more difficult to identify if the tweaker is using a depressant."