GLOSSARY OF STREET TERMS

ACAPULCO GOLD - a

very potent strain of

marijuana from Acapulco,

ALCOHOL - booze,

juice, sauce

ALLEY JUICE - very

cheap wine, "Grapes"

AMPHETAMINES -

speed, crystal, crank,

meth, black beauties,

bennies, uppers, dexies,

357 magnums

ANGEL DUST -

B's - Heroin

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

narcotics

BARBS - Barbiturates;

"downers, "reds"

BASE - Crack Cocaine

BEAN - capsules for

drugs

BEAT - to cheat someone

BENNIES - Benzedrine;

"peaches"

BENZOS - Tranquillisers

BIG C - Cocaine

BIG CHIEF - Mescaline

BLACK HOLLIES -

Amphetamines

BLACK-OUT - amnesia

for events occurring while

heavily intoxicated with

alcohol, other

sedative/hypnotic drugs

BLACK RUSSIAN -

Hashish

BLASTED - high on

Marijuana; sniff Cocaine

Amobarbital

BLUES - Valium

BLUNTS - a cigar slit

open and filled with

marijuana

BOMBED OUT - very

much intoxicated by

narcotics

BOMBITA - mixture of

Cocaine & Heroin

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

BROWN - Heroin

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

ACTUS - Mescaline or

CANDY - Barbiturates or

Cocaine

CANDYMAN - drug

supplier

CAPS - drug capsule

CARTWHEELS -

Amphetamines

CHARGED UP - under

the influence of drugs

CHARLIE - Cocaine

CHEER - LSD

CHINA WHITE - a very

pure white Heroin

CHIPPING - occasional

use of drugs

CHIPPY - person who

uses drugs infrequently

GLOSSARY OF STREET TERMS

CHRISTINA - Crystal

Meth

CHRONIC - Marijuana

booth, blow, railers,

snow, ringer, divits, toot,

cola, rocks, blast, white

dust, ivory flakes, nose

candy, mobbeles

COKE - Cocaine

COKE BROKE -

financially incapacitated

from supporting Cocaine

habit

grown in Columbia

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

CRYSTALS -

Methamphetamine

CUT - to adulterate drugs

CUT OUT - to leave

from someplace

D

DAGGA - South African

word for Marijuana

DARKS - Heroin

DEALER - someone who

sells illegal drugs

DOLPHINS - Ecstasy

DOPE - a general term

for drugs of abuse

DOTS - LSD

DOWNERS -

Tranquillisers

DRIED OUT - having

gone through a

withdrawal programme

for drugs or alcohol

DRUGGIE - a narcotic

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

E

E's - Ecstasy

EASY SCORE -

obtaining drugs without

difficulty

EGGS - Tranquillisers

EIGHTH - one-eighth of

a pound of drugs

ELEPHANT - PCP

FIX - an injection of

drugs

FLAKE -Cocaine

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

FRONT - to put money

merchandise

FUZZ - the police

G

GANJA - the Jamaican

word for Marijuana

GEAR - Heroin

GET OFF - feel a drug's

effects

GET ON - use drugs for

the first time

GOOFBALLS -

Barbiturates

GRAM - a metric

measure of weight

GRASS - Marijuana

GREEN - Marijuana

GUN - equipment for

injecting drugs

GLOSSARY OF STREET TERMS

H

H - Heroin

HAPPY DUST - Cocaine

uses drugs frequently

HEAD SHOP - store

specialising in the sale of

drug paraphernalia

HEARTS - Dexadrine

HEAVEN - Cocaine

HEAVENLY BLUE -

morning glory seeds; a

hallucinogen

HEAVY BURNER - a

HERB - Marijuana

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

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

I

occasional drug use

IN - connected with drug

suppliers

ISOMERIZER - used to

increase potency of THC

in Marijuana

J

JAG - extended period of

using a drug

JOY POPPING -

JUICE - Alcohol

JUNK - Heroin, so

named because it's never

pure when sold on the

street

JUNKIE - an opiate

addict

K

KEY- kilogram

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

L

LETTUCE - money

LEAPERS -

Amphetamines

LID - one ounce or less of

Marijuana

LIGHTENING - LSD

linctus - Methadone

LINE - a dose of Cocaine

arranged in a line on a

smooth surface

or alcohol

Butyl Nitrate (inhalant)

LSD - acid, microdots,

purple haze, blotters, fry,

blaze, tab, dose, gel,

pyramid, trips

LUCY - LSD

LUDES - Methaqualone;

Quaaludes, Valium

MAN - police

MANICURE - remove

seeds from marijuana

- Cocaine

GLOSSARY OF STREET TERMS

MARIJUANA - buds,

bhang, dope, goof butt,

grass, hash, hay, hemp,

CIGARETTE - bone,

doobie, joint, J, reefer,

spiff

MATCHBOX -

measurement for a small

amount of Marijuana

MAZZIES -

Tranquillisers

MESCALINE - mess,

drugs

MICRODOT - a tablet

containing LSD

MISS EMMA -

Morphine

MOGGIES -

Tranquillisers

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,

NEEDLE FREAK - a

person who prefers to take

drugs with a needle

drug laws

NORRIES -

Tranquillisers

NUGGET - Marijuana

O.D. - overdosed on

drugs

ON - under the influence

of a drug

the influence of narcotics

OUT OF IT - under the

influence of drugs

O.Z. - one ounce

P's - Crystal Meth

PAKALOLO - Hawaiian

term for Marijuana

PANAMA GOLD, RED

- potent Marijuana grown

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

PEBBLES - Crack

Cocaine

buttons

PICKUP - purchase

drugs

PIECE - usually one

ounce of drugs

PILLS - Ecstasy

PINKS - Second

(Barbiturate)

PLANT - a hiding place

for drugs

user

device (often plastic) used

to deliver a blast of

Marijuana smoke to the

lungs

QUACK - doctor

R

RAINBOWS - LSD

RIG - the paraphernalia

for injecting drugs

RIDING THE WAVE -

under the influence of

drugs

RIPPED OFF- robbed

ROACH - the stub of a

Marijuana cigarette

GLOSSARY OF STREET TERMS

ROACH CLIP - any

tweezers-like device used

to hold a Marijuana

Tranquillisers

RUGBY BALLS -

Tranquillisers

RUSH - an intense surge

of pleasure; Butyl Nitrate

inhalant

S

SAUCE - alcohol

SCAT - Heroin

drugs

Doctor willing to write a

prescription for faked

symptoms

SENSI -Marijuana

SET UP - to arrange to

have a person arrested for

drugs; combination of

uppers and downers

(Barbiturates

and.Amphetamines)

SHOOTING

smoking Marijuana, by

blowing smoke back

through the joint into

another's mouth

- a potent type of

Marijuana without seeds

grown in Northern

California

SKAG - Heroin

SKIN POPPING - to

inject a drug under the

Nitrate capsules (inhalant)

SNORT - to inhale

Cocaine through the

nostrils

SNOW - Cocaine

SNOW BIRD -

dependent on Cocaine

SOLID - Marijuana

SPACE CADET -

habitual user of Marijuana

SPEED - Amphetamines

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,

drugs

STICK - a Marijuana

cigarette STIMULANTS -

pep pills

STONED - under the

influence of drugs

STONES - Crack

Cocaine

STRAIGHT - not using

drugs

STRUNG OUT - heavily

TAB - LSD

TASTE - a small sample

of drugs

TEA - Marijuana

THAI STICKS -

Marijuana laced with

Opium

TINA - Crystal Meth

TOBACCO - butt, chew,

TOLLEY - or toluene; a

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

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

GLOSSARY OF STREET TERMS

TWEEZES -a wild

variety of psilocybin

mushrooms

U

V

VALLIES -

Tranquillisers

VALIUM - ludes, drunk

pills, v's blues

W

WACKY TOBACCKY -

Marijuana

WHITE - Cocaine

- LSD

WINDOW - LSD

WIRED - addicted to

Amphetamines or Heroin

WORKS - equipment for

injecting drugs

X

XTC - Ecstasy

Y

Z

ZIGZAG - a brand of

rolling papers used to

make Marijuana cigarettes

ZOMBIE - heavy user of

drugs