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GLOSSARY OF STREET TERMS

ACAPULCO GOLD - a BENZOS - Tranquillisers BROKER - go-between very potent strain of BIG C - for a drug deal marijuana from Acapulco, BIG CHIEF - BROWN - Heroin Mexico. BIG MAN - supplier of BROWNIES - Ecstasy ACID - LSD drugs BUDS - Marijuana ACID HEAD - user of BINDLE - a small packet BUMMER - bad LSD, "Acid Freak" of drug powder experience with drugs AIRHEAD - under the BLACK BEAUTIES - BUNDLE - multiple bags influence of marijuana of a drug - booze, BLACK HOLLIES - BURN - cheated bv a juice, sauce Amphetamines pusher ALLEY JUICE - very BLACK-OUT - amnesia BURNOUT - heavy user cheap wine, "Grapes" for events occurring while of drugs AMPHETAMINES - heavily intoxicated with BUSTED - arrested on a speed, crystal, crank, alcohol, other drug-related charge meth, black beauties, / drugs BUTTONS - or bennies, uppers, dexies, BLACK RUSSIAN - mushrooms 357 magnums Hashish BUY - purchase drugs ANGEL DUST - BLASTED - high on BUZZED - mildly or PCP drugs intoxicated ARTILLERY - BLAZE - Marijuana equipment for shooting BLOTTER - LSD C drugs BLOW - smoke C - Cocaine Marijuana; sniff Cocaine ACTUS - Mescaline or B BLUE DEVILS - Peyote B's - Heroin Amobarbital CANDY - or BACK-UP - permitting BLUES - Valium Cocaine blood to back up into a BLUNTS - a cigar slit CANDYMAN - drug syringe to ensure the open and filled with supplier needle is in a vein marijuana CAPS - drug capsule BAD TRIP - unpleasant BOMBED OUT - very CARTWHEELS - LSD experience much intoxicated by Amphetamines BAG - packet of drugs, narcotics CHARGED UP - under usually a standard amount BOMBITA - mixture of the influence of drugs for sale Cocaine & Heroin CHASING THE BAG MAN - person who BONG - a cylindrical DRAGON - a particular transports money water pipe for smoking way of inhaling Heroin BALLOON - small narcotics, especially CHEESE a starter form amount of contained Marijuana of Heroin containing narcotics BOOST - to steal Tylenol PM and up to 8 BANG - to inject BOOZE - alcohol (beer, percent heroin narcotics wine, liquor) CHARLIE - Cocaine BARBS - Barbiturates; BREAD - money CHEER - LSD "downers, "reds" BRICK - a kilogram (2.2 CHINA WHITE - a very BASE - Crack Cocaine pounds) of tightly pure white Heroin BEAN - capsules for compacted Marijuana or CHIPPING - occasional drugs Hashish use of drugs BEAT - to cheat someone BRING DOWN - come CHIPPY - person who BENNIES - Benzedrine; off a drug uses drugs infrequently "peaches"

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GLOSSARY OF STREET TERMS

CHRISTINA - Crystal DARKS - Heroin FIX - an injection of Meth DEALER - someone who drugs CHRONIC - Marijuana sells illegal drugs FLAKE -Cocaine CLEAN - drug free; not DECK - a packet of drugs FLASH - LSD having drugs in one's DEXIES - Dexadrine, FLASHBACK - possession or"dex" recurrence of previous COASTING - being high DIME BAG - $10 worth hallucinations on drugs of a narcotic FLEA POWDER - poor COCAINE - crack, coke, DOLLIES - Methadone quality drugs booth, blow, railers, DOLPHINS - Ecstasy FLIP OUT - become snow, ringer, divits, toot, DOPE - a general term psychotic or irrational cola, rocks, blast, white for drugs of abuse FLYING - under the dust, ivory flakes, nose DOTS - LSD influence of drugs candy, mobbeles DOWNERS - FOOTBALL - COKE - Cocaine Tranquillisers Amphetarnine COKE BROKE - DRIED OUT - having FREAK OUT - a bad financially incapacitated gone through a trip; an unexpected from supporting Cocaine withdrawal programme reaction to a drug habit for drugs or alcohol FREEBASE - smoking COLD TURKEY - DROP - to take a drugs Cocaine from a special sudden withdrawal from orally; a place where water pipe drugs money or drugs are left FREEZE - to renege on a COLOMBO - Marijuana DROP - LSD drug transaction grown in Columbia DRUGGIE - a narcotic FRONT - to put money COME DOWN - the user or addict out before receiving the ending of a drug DRUNK PILLS - merchandise experience Valium FUZZ - the police CONNECT - to purchase DUST - narcotics in G drugs powder form GANJA - the Jamaican CONNECTION - DUSTING - sprinkling a word for Marijuana supplier of drugs narcotic powder on GEAR - Heroin COOKER - usually a another drug such as PCP GET OFF - feel a drug's spoon or bottle cap used on Marijuana effects to heat drugs for injection DYNAMITE - high GET ON - use drugs for COP - to obtain drugs quality, potent drugs the first time COP-OUT - to evade an E GLASS - Crystal Meth issue E's - Ecstasy GLUEY - a glue sniffer CRACK - Cocaine EASY SCORE - GOLD or GOLD SEEL - prepared for smoking obtaining drugs without Marijuana, also called CRASH - to sleep off the difficulty Acapulco effects of drugs EGGS - Tranquillisers GOODS - drugs CRYSTALS - EIGHTH - one-eighth of GOOFBALLS - Methamphetamine a pound of drugs Barbiturates CUT - to adulterate drugs ELEPHANT - PCP GRAM - a metric CUT OUT - to leave EXPERIENCE - trip on measure of weight from someplace LSD GRASS - Marijuana F GREEN - Marijuana D FACTORY - place where GUN - equipment for DAGGA - South African illicit drugs are prepared injecting drugs word for Marijuana for sale

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GLOSSARY OF STREET TERMS

H HUFFING - inhaling KIT - equipment used to H - Heroin solvents from a bag inject drugs HAPPY DUST - Cocaine HUSTLE - attempt to HARD STUFF - obtain drug customers L narcotics HYPE - narcotic addict L - LSD HASH - Marijuana LAUGHING GAS - HAWK - LSD I Nitrous Oxide () HAY - Marijuana ICE - Crystal Meth LEMONADE - poor- HEAD - someone who ICE CREAM HABIT - quality drugs uses drugs frequently occasional drug use LETTUCE - money HEAD SHOP - store IN - connected with drug LEAPERS - specialising in the sale of suppliers Amphetamines drug paraphernalia ISOMERIZER - used to LID - one ounce or less of HEARTS - Dexadrine increase potency of THC Marijuana HEAVEN - Cocaine in Marijuana LIGHTENING - LSD HEAVENLY BLUE - linctus - Methadone morning glory seeds; a J LINE - a dose of Cocaine JAG - extended period of arranged in a line on a HEAVY BURNER - a using a drug smooth surface person who smokes a lot JELLIES - Tranquillisers LIQUID ACID - LSD of dope, a burnout JIVE - Marijuana LOAD - a large quantity HEELED - having plenty JOINT - a Marijuana of drugs of money cigarette LOADED - high on drugs HERB - Marijuana JOY POPPING - or alcohol HEROIN - china white, occasional use of drugs LOCKER ROOM - fix, horse, smack, whack, JUICE - Alcohol Butyl Nitrate (inhalant) mother pearl, H. junk JUNK - Heroin, so LSD - acid, microdots, HIGH - to be intoxicated named because it's never purple haze, blotters, fry, on drugs pure when sold on the blaze, tab, dose, gel, HIP-HOP - refers to a street pyramid, trips culture that includes rap JUNKIE - an opiate LUCY - LSD music, art, dance, fashion, addict LUDES - Methaqualone; attitude Quaaludes, Valium HIT- a single dose of K drugs KEY- kilogram M HOG - PCP KICK - to stop using MAINLINE - inject a HOLDING - in drugs drug directly into a vein, possession of drugs KlCKBACK - relapse to "shoot up" HOME GROWN - back into drug usage MAINLINER - a person locally grown Marijuana; KIDDIE DOPE - usually who injects directly into local weed; ditch weed prescription drugs the vein HOOKED - addicted KIF - North African word MAN - police HOPPED UP - under the for Marijuana MANICURE - remove influence of drugs KILLER - strong drug seeds from marijuana HORSE - Heroin KILLER WEED - strong MARCHING POWDER HOT - wanted by Marijuana, or marijuana - Cocaine authorities sprinkled with PCP HOT SHOT - fatal KILO - 2.2 Ibs., also injection of drugs "KEY" HUFFER - glue sniffer

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GLOSSARY OF STREET TERMS

MARIJUANA - buds, NEEDLE FREAK - a PEACE PILLS - PCP bhang, dope, goof butt, person who prefers to take PEBBLES - Crack grass, hash, hay, hemp, drugs with a needle Cocaine herb, jive, pot, rope, NICKEL BAG - a $5 bag PEPSI HABIT - stinkweed, stuff, tea, of drugs occasional use of drugs weed, wacky tobaccky, NORML - National PERCY - Cocaine whack, Organization for the PEANUTS - Barbiturates MARY JANE - Reform of Marijuana PEYOTE - Marijuana Laws; lobbies for lenient hallucinogenic cactus, MARIJUANA drug laws buttons CIGARETTE - bone, NORRIES - PICKUP - purchase doobie, joint, J, reefer, Tranquillisers drugs spiff NUGGET - Marijuana PIECE - usually one MATCHBOX - ounce of drugs measurement for a small O PILLS - Ecstasy amount of Marijuana O.D. - overdosed on PINKS - Second MAZZIES - drugs () Tranquillisers ON - under the influence PLANT - a hiding place MESCALINE - mess, of a drug for drugs crystal ON A TRIP - under the POPPERS - Amyl MEET - buyer and seller influence of drugs Nitrate capsules (inhalant) get together ON ICE - in jail POT - Marijuana MERCHANDISE - ON THE NOD - under POT HEAD - Marijuana drugs the influence of narcotics user METH - Methadone or depressants POWER HITTER - a MICRODOT - a tablet OUT OF IT - under the device (often plastic) used containing LSD influence of drugs to deliver a blast of MITSUBISHI'S - O.Z. - one ounce Marijuana smoke to the Ecstasy lungs MIXTURE - Methadone P MISS EMMA - P's - Crystal Meth Q Morphine PAKALOLO - Hawaiian QUACK - doctor MOGGIES - term for Marijuana Tranquillisers PANAMA GOLD, RED R MONKEY - drug - potent Marijuana grown RAINBOWS - LSD dependency; a kilogram in Panama RAP - to talk with of a narcotic PANIC - drugs not someone; or charged with MULE - a carrier of available a crime drugs PAPER MUSHROOMS RED DEVILS - Seconal MUNCHIES - the hunger - LSD (Barbiturate) that follows after using PAPERS - rolling papers, REEFER - Marijuana Marijuana used to make marijuana or RIG - the paraphernalia MUSHROOMS - magic cigarettes for injecting drugs mushrooms, shrooms, PARAPHERNALIA - RIDING THE WAVE - mushies accessories used to take under the influence of drugs drugs N PCP - (Phencyclidine) RIPPED OFF- robbed NAILED - arrested angel dust, kools sherms, ROACH - the stub of a NARC - narcotic agent high, wet daddies, dust, Marijuana cigarette juice

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GLOSSARY OF STREET TERMS

ROACH CLIP - any SKAG - Heroin STRAIGHT - not using tweezers-like device used SKIN POPPING - to drugs to hold a Marijuana inject a drug under the STRUNG OUT - heavily cigarette stub that is too skin addicted to drugs short to hold in the- SKUNK =Marijuana STUFF- drugs fingers SMACK- Heroin SUPERMAN - LSD ROCKS - Crack Cocaine SMILIES - LSD blotter with Superman ROLEXES - Ecstasy SMOKE - Marijuana imprint ROOFIES - SNAPPERS - Amyl Tranquillisers Nitrate capsules (inhalant) T RUGBY BALLS - SNORT - to inhale TAB - LSD Tranquillisers Cocaine through the TASTE - a small sample RUSH - an intense surge nostrils of drugs of pleasure; Butyl Nitrate SNOW - Cocaine TEA - Marijuana inhalant SNOW BIRD - THAI STICKS - dependent on Cocaine Marijuana laced with S SOLID - Marijuana Opium SAUCE - alcohol SPACE CADET - TINA - Crystal Meth SCAT - Heroin habitual user of Marijuana TOBACCO - butt, chew, SCHOOL BOY - SPACED OUT - under weed, cig, Codeine the influence of drugs TOKE - inhaling SCORE - to locate and SPACED - unresponsive Marijuana or Hashish purchase a quantity of to surroundings smoke drugs SPEED - Amphetamines TOLLEY - or toluene; a SCRIPT WRITER - a SPEEDBALL - a mixture cheap, extremely harmful Doctor willing to write a of Cocaine and Heroin; paint solvent (inhalant) prescription for faked "Bombita" TOOT - to sniff Cocaine symptoms SPEED FREAK - person TOOTER - small, hollow SENSI -Marijuana who repeatedly takes tube (straw-like) to sniff SET UP - to arrange to Amphetamines, usually Cocaine have a person arrested for intravenously TO PARTY - refers to drugs; combination of SPIKE - needle used to having a good time using uppers and downers inject drugs alcohol and other drugs (Barbiturates SPOONS - paraphernalia TRACKS - a row of and.Amphetamines) associated with Cocaine, needle marks on the skin SHOOTING often worn as jewelry TRAP - a hiding place for GALLERY - place where STAR DUST - Cocaine drugs addicts inject drugs STARS - LSD TRIP - under the SHOOT UP - to inject STASH - a place where influence of drugs intravenously drugs are hidden TRIPPER - LSD SHOTGUN - a way of STEP ON - to dilute TRIPS - LSD smoking Marijuana, by drugs TURF - a location where blowing smoke back STICK - a Marijuana drugs are sold through the joint into cigarette - TURKEY - a substitute another's mouth pep pills sold as a specific drug SINSEMILLA OR SINS STONED - under the TURNED ON - - a potent type of influence of drugs introduced to drugs, or Marijuana without seeds STONES - Crack under the influence of grown in Northern Cocaine drugs California

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GLOSSARY OF STREET TERMS

TWEEZES -a wild variety of mushrooms (hallucinogen)

U UNCLE - Federal Agents UPPERS - Stimulants, Amphetamines

V VALLIES - Tranquillisers VALIUM - ludes, drunk pills, v's blues

W WACKY TOBACCKY - Marijuana WASH - Crack Cocaine WASTED - intoxicated, strung out WEED - Marijuana WHITE - Cocaine WHITE LIGHTENING - LSD WINDOW - LSD WIRED - addicted to Amphetamines or Heroin WORKS - equipment for injecting drugs

X XTC - Ecstasy

Y YABA - Crystal Meth YELLOW JACKETS - Nembutal, Barbiturate YEN - a strong craving

Z ZIGZAG - a brand of rolling papers used to make Marijuana cigarettes ZOMBIE - heavy user of drugs

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