google
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1920s (originally US): from junk1.
wiktionary
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junk(“narcotic drug”) + -ie
etymonline
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junkie (n.)
"drug addict," 1923, from junk (n.1) in the narcotics sense + -y (3). Junker in the same sense is recorded from 1922. Junk for "narcotic" is older.
