Street drugs often have slang names. These slang names maybe descriptive of the actual drug or the effects the drug has on the user. Slang is often specific to certain geographic areas. Some slang terms mean one thing in part of the U.S. and something different in other parts. Additionally, users often create their own street names for drugs to disguise their activity and actions.

• ACAPULCO GOLD – a very potent strain of marijuana from Acapulco, Mexico.
• ACID – LSD
• ACID HEAD – user of LSD, “Acid Freak”
• AIRHEAD – under the influence of marijuana
• ALCOHOL – booze, juice, sauce
• ALLEY JUICE – very cheap wine, “Grapes”
• AMPHETAMINES – speed, crystal, crank, meth, black beauties, bennies, uppers, dexies, 357 magnums
• ANGEL DUST – Phencyclidine or PCP
• ARTILLERY – equipment for shooting drugs
• BACK-UP – permitting blood to back up into a syringe to ensure the needle is in a vein\
• BAD TRIP – unpleasant LSD experience
• BAG – packet of drugs, usually a standard amount for sale
• BAG MAN – person who transports money
• BALLOON – small amount of contained narcotics
• BANG – to inject narcotics
• BARBS – Barbiturates; “downers, “reds”
• BEAN – capsules for drugs
• BEAT – to cheat someone
• BENNIES – Benzedrine; “peaches”
• BIG C – Cocaine
• BIG CHIEF- Mescaline
• BIG MAN – supplier of drugs
• BINDLE – a small packet of drug powder
• BLACK BEAUTIES – Amphetamines
• BLACK HOLLIES – Amphetamines
• BLACK-OUT – amnesia for events occurring while heavily intoxicated with alcohol, other sedative/hypnotic drugs
• BLACK RUSSIAN – Hashish
• BLASTED – high on drugs
• BLAZE – Marijuana
• BLOTTERS – LSD
• BLOW – smoke Marijuana; sniff Cocaine
• BLUE DEVILS – Amobarbital
• BLUES – Valium
• BLUNTS – a cigar slit open and filled with marijuana
• BOMBED OUT – very much intoxicated by narcotics
• BOMBITA – mixture of Cocaine & Heroin
• BONG – a cylindrical water pipe for smoking narcotics, especially Marijuana
• BOOST – to steal
• BOOZE – alcohol (beer, wine, liquor)
• BREAD – money
• BRICK – a kilogram (2.2 pounds) of tightly compacted Marijuana or Hashish
• BRING DOWN – come off a drug
• BROKER – go-between for a drug deal
• BUDS – Marijuana
• BUMMER – bad experience with drugs
• BUNDLE – multiple bags of a drug
• BURN – cheated bv a pusher
• BURNOUT – heavy user of drugs
• BUSTED – arrested on a drug-related charge
• BUTTONS – peyote or mushrooms
• BUY – purchase drugs
• BUZZED – mildly intoxicated
• CACTUS – Mescaline or Peyote
• CANDY – Barbiturates or Cocaine
• CANDYMAN – drug supplier
• CAPS – drug capsule
• CARTWHEELS – Amphetamines
• CHARGED UP – under the influence of drugs
• CHASING THE DRAGON – a particular way of inhaling Heroin
• CHINA WHITE – a very pure white Heroin
• CHIPPING – occasional use of drugs
• CHIPPY – person who uses drugs infrequently
• CLEAN – drug free; not having drugs in one’s possession
• COASTING – being high on drugs
• COCAINE – crack, coke, booth, blow, railers, snow, ringer, divits, toot, cola, rocks, blast, white dust, ivory flakes, nose candy, mobbeles
• COKE BROKE – financially incapacitated from supporting Cocaine habit
• COLD TURKEY – sudden withdrawal from drugs
• COLOMBO – Marijuana grown in Columbia
• COME DOWN – the ending of a drug experience
• CONNECT – to purchase drugs
• CONNECTION – supplier of drugs
• COOKER – usually a spoon or bottle cap used to heat drugs for injection
• COP – to obtain drugs
• COP-OUT – to evade an issue
• CRACK – Cocaine prepared for smoking
• CRASH – to sleep off the effects of drugs
• CRYSTALS – Methamphetamine
• CUT – to adulterate drugs
• CUT OUT – to leave from someplace
• DAGGA – South African word for Marijuana
• DEALER – someone who sells illegal drugs
• DECK – a packet of drugs
• DEXIES – Dexadrine, or”dex”
• DIME BAG – $10 worth of a narcotic
• DOLLIES – Methadone
• DOPE – a general term for drugs of abuse
• DOWNS – depressants such as Barbiturates, Tranquilizers
• DRIED OUT – having gone through a withdrawal program for drugs or alcohol
• DROP – to take a drugs orally; a place where money or drugs are left
• DRUGGIE – a narcotic user or addict
• DRUNK PILLS – Valium
• DUST – narcotics in powder form
• DUSTING – sprinkling a narcotic powder on another drug such as PCP on Marijuana
• DYNAMITE – high quality, potent drugs
• EASY SCORE – obtaining drugs without difficulty
• EIGHTH – one-eighth of a pound of drugs
• ELEPHANT – PCP
• EXPERIENCE – trip on LSD
• FACTORY – place where illicit drugs are prepared for sale
• FIX – an injection of drugs
• FLAKE -Cocaine
• FLASHBACK – recurrence of previous hallucinations
• FLEA POWDER – poor quality drugs
• FLIP OUT – become psychotic or irrational
• FLYING – under the influence of drugs
• FOOTBALL – Amphetarnine
• FREAK OUT – a bad trip; an unexpected reaction to a drug
• FREEBASE – smoking Cocaine from a special water pipe
• FREEZE – to renege on a drug transaction
• FRONT – to put money out before receiving the merchandise
• FUZZ – the police
• GANJA – the Jamaican word for MarijuanaGET OFF – feel a drug’s effects
• GET ON – use drugs for the first time
• GLUEY – a glue sniffer
• GOLD – Marijuana, also called Acapulco
• GOODS – drugs
• GOOFBALLS – Barbiturates
• GRAM – a metric measure of weight
• GRASS – Marijuana
• GUN – equipment for injecting drugs
• HAPPY DUST – Cocaine
• HARD STUFF – narcotics
• HASH – Marijuana
• HAY – Marijuana
• HEAD SHOP – store specializing in the sale of drug paraphernalia
• HEARTS – Dexadrine
• HEAVEN – Cocaine
• HEAVENLY BLUE – morning glory seeds; a hallucinogen
• HEAVY BURNER – a person who smokes a lot of dope, a burnout
• HEELED – having plenty of money
• HERB – Marijuana
• HEROIN – china white, fix, horse, smack, whack, mother pearl, H. junk
• HIGH – to be intoxicated on drugs
• HIP-HOP – refers to a culture that includes rap music, art, dance, fashion, attitude
• HIT- a single dose of drugs
• HOG – PCP
• HOLDING – in possession of drugs
• HOME GROWN – locally grown Marijuana; local weed; ditch weed
• HOOKED – addicted
• HOPPED UP – under the influence of drugs
• HORSE – Heroin
• HOT – wanted by authorities
• HOT SHOT – fatal injection of drugs
• HUFFER – glue sniffer
• HUFFING – inhaling solvents from a bag
• HUSTLE – attempt to obtain drug customers
• HYPE – narcotic addict
• ICE CREAM HABIT – occasional drug use
• IN – connected with drug suppliers
• ISOMERIZER – used to increase potency of THC in Marijuana
• JAG – extended period of using a drug
• JIVE – Marijuana
• JOINT – a Marijuana cigarette
• JOY POPPING – occasional use of drugs
• JUICE – Alcohol
• JUNK – Heroin, so named because it’s never pure when sold on the street
• JUNKIE – an opiate addict
• KEY- kilogram
• KICK – to stop using drugs
• KlCKBACK – relapse back into drug usage
• KIDDIE DOPE – usually prescription drugs
• KIF – North African word for Marijuana
• KILLER – strong drug
• KILLER WEED – strong Marijuana, or marijuana sprinkled with PCP
• KILO – 2.2 Ibs., also “KEY”
• KIT – equipment used to inject drugs
• LAUGHING GAS – Nitrous Oxide (inhalant)
• LEMONADE – poor-quality drugs
• LETTUCE – money
• LEAPERS – Amphetamines
• LID – one ounce or less of Marijuana
• LINE – a dose of Cocaine arranged in a line on a smooth surface
• LOAD – a large quantity of drugs
• LOADED – high on drugs or alcohol
• LOCKER ROOM – Butyl Nitrate (inhalant)
• LSD – acid, microdots, purple haze, blotters, fry, blaze, tab, dose, gel, pyramid, trips
• LUDES – Methaqualone; Quaaludes, Valium
• MAINLINE – inject a drug directly into a vein, to “shoot up”
• MAINLINER – a person who injects directly into the vein
• MAN – police
• MANICURE – remove seeds from marijuana
• MARIJUANA – buds, bhang, dope, goof butt, grass, hash, hay, hemp, herb, jive, pot, rope, stinkweed, stuff, tea, weed, wacky tobaccky, whack,
• MARY JANE – Marijuana
• MARIJUANA CIGARETTE – bone, doobie, joint, J, reefer, spiff
• MATCHBOX – measurement for a small amount of Marijuana
• MESCALINE – mess, crystal
• MEET – buyer and seller get together
• MERCHANDISE – drugs
• METHADONE – junk, Burdock, jungle juice
• MICRODOT – a tablet containing LSD
• MISS EMMA – Morphine
• MONKEY – drug dependency; a kilogram of a narcotic
• MULE – a carrier of drugs
• MUNCHIES – the hunger that follows after using Marijuana
• MUSHROOMS – magic mushrooms, shrooms, mushies
• NAILED – arrested
• NARC – narcotic agent
• NEEDLE FREAK – a person who prefers to take drugs with a needle
• NICKEL BAG – a $5 bag of drugs
• NORML – National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws; lobbies for lenient drug laws
• NUGGET – Marijuana
• O.D. – overdosed on drugs
• ON – under the influence of a drug
• ON A TRIP – under the influence of drugs
• ON ICE – in jail
• ON THE NOD – under the influence of narcotics or depressants
• OUT OF IT – under the influence of drugs
• O.Z. – one ounce
• PAKALOLO – Hawaiian term for Marijuana
• PANAMA GOLD, RED – potent Marijuana grown in Panama
• PANIC – drugs not available
• PAPERS – rolling papers, used to make marijuana or tobacco cigarettes
• PARAPHERNALIA – accessories used to take drugs
• PCP – (Phencyclidine) angel dust, kools sherms, high, wet daddies, dust, juice
• PEACE PILLS – PCP
• PEPSI HABIT – occasional use of drugs
• PEANUTS – Barbiturates
• PEYOTE – hallucinogenic cactus, buttons
• PICKUP – purchase drugs
• PIECE – usually one ounce of drugs
• PINKS – Second (Barbiturate)
• PLANT – a hiding place for drugs
• POPPERS – Amyl Nitrate capsules (inhalant)
• POT – Marijuana
• POT HEAD – Marijuana user
• POWER HITTER – a device (often plastic) used to deliver a blast of Marijuana smoke to the lungs
• QUACK – doctor
• RAINBOWS – Barbiturate
• RAP – to talk with someone; or charged with a crime
• RED DEVILS – Seconal (Barbiturate)
• REEFER – Marijuana RIG – the paraphernalia for injecting drugs
• RIDING THE WAVE – under the influence of drugs
• RIPPED OFF- robbed
• ROACH – the stub of a Marijuana cigarette
• ROACH CLIP – any tweezers-like device used to hold a Marijuana cigarette stub that is too short to hold in the- fingers
• RUSH – an intense surge of pleasure; Butyl Nitrate inhalant
• SAUCE – alcohol
• SCAT – Heroin
• SCHOOL BOY – Codeine
• SCORE – to locate and purchase a quantity of drugs
• SCRIPT WRITER – a Doctor willing to write a prescription for faked symptoms
• SET UP – to arrange to have a person arrested for drugs; combination of uppers and downers (Barbiturates and.Amphetamines)
• SHOOTING GALLERY – place where addicts inject drugs
• SHOOT UP – to inject intravenously
• SHOTGUN – a way of smoking Marijuana, by blowing smoke back through the joint into another’s mouth
• SINSEMILLA OR SINS – a potent type of Marijuana without seeds grown in Northern California
• SKIN POPPING – to inject a drug under the skin
• SMACK- Heroin
• SNAPPERS – Amyl Nitrate capsules (inhalant)
• SNORT – to inhale Cocaine through the nostrils
• SNOW – Cocaine
• SNOW BIRD – dependent on Cocaine
• SPACE CADET – habitual user of Marijuana
• SPACED OUT – under the influence of drugs
• SPACED – unresponsive to surroundings
• SPEED – Amphetamines
• SPEEDBALL – a mixture of Cocaine and Heroin; “Bombita”
• SPEED FREAK – person who repeatedly takes Amphetamines, usually intravenously
• SPIKE – needle used to inject drugs
• SPOONS – paraphernalia associated with Cocaine, often worn as jewelry
• STAR DUST – Cocaine
• STASH – a place where drugs are hidden
• STEP ON – to dilute drugs
• STICK – a Marijuana cigarette STIMULANTS – pep pills
• STONED – under the influence of drugs
• STRAIGHT – not using drugs
• STRUNG OUT – heavily addicted to drugs
• STUFF- drugs
• SUPERMAN – LSD blotter with Superman imprint
• TASTE – a small sample of drugs
• TEA – Marijuana
• THAI STICKS – Marijuana laced with Opium
• TOBACCO – butt, chew, weed, cig,
• TOKE – inhaling Marijuana or Hashish smoke
• TOLLEY – or toluene; a cheap, extremely harmful paint solvent (inhalant)
• TOOT – to sniff Cocaine
• TOOTER – small, hollow tube (straw-like) to sniff Cocaine
• TO PARTY – refers to having a good time using alcohol and other drugs
• TRACKS – a row of needle marks on the skin
• TRAP – a hiding place for drugs
• TRIP – under the influence of drugs
• TURF – a location where drugs are sold
• TURKEY – a substitute sold as a specific drug
• TURNED ON – introduced to drugs, or under the influence of drugs
• TWEEZES -a wild variety of psilocybin mushrooms (hallucinogen)
• UNCLE – Federal Agents
• UPPERS – Stimulants, Amphetamines
• VALIUM – ludes, drunk pills, v’s blues
• WACKY TOBACCKY -Marijuana
• WASTED – intoxicated, strung out
• WEED – Marijuana
• WHITE – Cocaine
• WHITE LIGHTENING – LSD
• WIRED – addicted to Amphetamines or Heroin
• WORKS – equipment for injecting drugs
• YELLOW JACKETS – Nembutal, Barbiturate
• YEN – a strong craving
• ZIGZAG – a brand of rolling papers used to make Marijuana cigarettes
• ZOMBIE – heavy user of drugs
• ZONKED – extremely high on drugs