[General] drunken vs drunk before people

[terrenziqq]

Hi,
First, is it natural to say "drunk people" or "drunken" people? Or both works?
Second, I read a sentence not understandable for me on a dictionary website. Here is its explanation.

as an adjective, drunken can only precede the noun, while drunk follows a verb What does those words in italic type mean? Could you give examples? Thank you so much.

 

[Rover_KE]

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[Tdol]

I would say drunk people. I would use drunken before a noun like nights.