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Acid? I don't suffer drug problem (9)

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I believe the answer is:

addiction

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'drug problem' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both states of affairs as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'acid? i don't suffer' is the wordplay.
'suffer' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'suffers' mean this).
'acid'+'i'+'dont'='acididont'
'acididont' with letters rearranged gives 'ADDICTION'.

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(Other definitions for addiction that I've seen before include "Compulsive habit" , "The origin of dependence" , "I did act on (anag.)" , "Bug one's caught" , "Drug-habit" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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