Drug Slang Terms

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 RUSSIAN : Hashish

BLACK-OUT : amnesia for events occurring while heavily intoxicated with alcohol, other sedative/hypnotic drugs

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 : o 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