Executive Office of the President Office of National Drug Control Policy February 2004 Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade The ability to understand current drug-related street terms is an invaluable tool for law enforcement, public health, and other criminal justice professionals who work with the public. This document contains over 2,300 street terms that refer to specific drug types or drug activity. All terms are cross-referenced where possible. A single term or similar terms may refer to various drugs or have different meanings, reflecting geographic and demographic variations in slang. All known meanings and spellings are included. No attempt was made to determine which usage is most frequent or widespread. Different definitions for a single term are separated by semi-colons (;). The use of commas (,) and the connective "and" indicates that the term refers to the use of the specified drugs in combination. 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Alphabetical Listing 007s -- Methylenedioxymethamphetamine Abandominiums -- Abandoned row (MDMA) houses where drugs are used 100s -- Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) Abe -- $5 worth of drugs 151 -- Crack Cocaine Abe's cabe -- $5 bill 2-for-1 sale -- A marketing scheme Abolic -- Veterinary steroids designed to promote and increase crack AC/DC -- Codeine cough syrup sales Acapulco gold -- Marijuana from S.W. 24-7 -- Crack Cocaine Mexico; marijuana 25s -- Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) Acapulco red -- Marijuana 2CB -- Nexus Ace -- Marijuana cigarette; PCP 3750 -- Marijuana and crack rolled in a Acid -- LSD joint Acid cube -- Sugar cube containing LSD 40 -- OxyContin pill Acid freak -- Heavy user of LSD 40-bar -- OxyContin pill Acid head -- User of LSD 420 -- Marijuana use Acido (Spanish) -- Hallucinogens; LSD 45 Minute Psychosis -- Ad -- PCP; drug addict Dimethyltryptamine Adam -- 69s -- Methylenedioxymethamphetamine Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) (MDMA) 714s -- Methaqualone Aeon flux -- Lysergic acid diethylamide 80 -- OxyContin pill (LSD) A -- LSD; amphetamine Afgani indica -- Marijuana A-bomb -- Marijuana cigarette with heroin African -- Marijuana or opium African black -- Marijuana A-boot -- Under the influence of drugs African bush -- Marijuana Page 1 African woodbine -- Marijuana cigarette Are you anywhere? -- Do you use Agonies -- Withdrawal symptoms marijuana? Ah-pen-yen -- Opium Aries -- Heroin Aimes -- Amyl nitrite Arnolds -- Steroids Aimies -- Amphetamine; amyl nitrite Aroma of men -- Isobutyl nitrite AIP -- Heroin from Afghanistan, Iran, Around the turn -- Having gone through Pakistan withdrawal period Air blast -- Inhalants Artillery -- Equipment for injecting drugs Airhead -- Marijuana user Ashes -- Marijuana Airplane -- Marijuana Aspirin -- Powder cocaine Al Capone -- Heroin Assassin of Youth -- Marijuana Alice B. Toklas -- Marijuana brownie Astro turf -- Marijuana All lit up -- Under the influence of drugs Atom bomb -- Marijuana mixed with heroin All star -- User of multiple drugs Atshitshi -- Marijuana All-American drug -- Cocaine Aunt -- Powder cocaine Alpha-ET -- Alpha-ethyltryptamine Aunt Hazel -- Heroin Ames -- Amyl nitrite Aunt Mary -- Marijuana Amidone -- Methadone Aunt Nora -- Cocaine Amoeba -- PCP Aunti -- Opium Amp -- Amphetamine; marijuana dipped in formaldehyde or embalming fluid, Aunti Emma -- Opium sometimes laced with PCP and smoked Aurora borealis -- PCP Amp head -- LSD user Author -- Doctor who writes illegal Amp joint -- Marijuana cigarette laced prescriptions with some form of narcotic B -- Amount of marijuana to fill a Amped -- High on amphetamines matchbox Amped-out -- Fatigue after using B-40 -- Cigar laced with marijuana and amphetamine dipped in malt liquor Amping -- Accelerated heartbeat B-bombs -- Amphetamines; methylenedioxymethamphetamine AMT -- Dimethyltryptamine (MDMA) Amys -- Amyl nitrite B.J.'s -- Crack Cocaine Anadrol -- Oral steroids Babe -- Drug used for detoxification Anatrofin -- Injectable steroids Baby -- Marijuana Anavar -- Oral steroids Baby bhang -- Marijuana Angel -- PCP Baby habit -- Occasional use of drugs Angel Dust -- PCP Baby T -- Crack Cocaine Angel hair -- PCP Babysit -- Guide someone through first Angel mist -- PCP drug experience Angel poke -- PCP Babysitter -- Marijuana Angie -- Cocaine Back breakers -- LSD and strychnine Angola -- Marijuana Back dex -- Amphetamine Animal -- LSD Back door -- Residue left in a pipe Animal trank -- PCP Back jack -- Injecting opium; to inject a Animal tranq -- PCP drug Animal tranquilizer -- PCP Back to back -- Smoking crack after Antifreeze -- Heroin injecting heroin or heroin used after smoking crack Apache -- Fentanyl Backtrack -- Allow blood to flow back Apple jacks -- Crack Cocaine into a needle during injection Backup -- To prepare a vein for injection Page 2 Backwards -- Depressants Base head -- A person who bases Bad -- Crack Cocaine Baseball -- Crack Cocaine Bad bundle -- Inferior quality heroin; Based out -- To have lost control over damaged heroin basing Bad go -- Bad reaction to a drug Bash -- Marijuana Bad seed -- Marijuana; Heroin; peyote Basing -- Crack Cocaine Badrock -- Crack Cocaine Basuco (Spanish) -- Cocaine; Coca paste Bag -- Container for drugs; a package of residue sprinkled on regular or marijuna drugs, usually marijuana or heroin; a cigarette person's favorite drug Bathtub crank -- Poor quality Bag bride -- Crack-smoking prostitute methamphetamine; methamphetamine Bag man -- Person who transports money; produced in bathtubs a person who supplies narcotics or other Bathtub speed -- Methcathinone drugs, a pusher Batman -- Cocaine; heroin Bagging -- Using inhalants Batmans -- Baker -- Person who smokes marijuana Methylenedioxymethamphetamine Bale -- Marijuana (MDMA) Batt -- IV needle; hypodermic needle Ball -- Crack cocaine; Mexican Black Tar heroin Batted out -- Apprehended by law Balling -- Vaginally implanted cocaine Battery acid -- LSD Balloon -- Heroin supplier; a penny Batu -- Smokable methamphetamine balloon that contains narcotics Bazooka -- Cocaine; crack; crack and Ballot -- Heroin tobacco combined in a joint; coca paste Bam -- Amphetamine; depressants and marijuana Bamba -- Marijuana Bazulco -- Cocaine Bambalacha -- Marijuana BC bud -- Marijuana from British Columbia; synonymous with any high- Bambita -- Desoxyn or amphetamine grade marijuana from Canada derivative BDMPEA -- Nexus Bambs -- Depresants Beam -- Cocaine Bammies -- A poor quality of marijuana Beam me up Scottie -- Crack dipped in Bammy -- Marijuana PCP Banana split -- Combination of 2C-B Beam me up Scotty -- PCP and crack (Nexus) with other illicit substances, Beamer -- Crack smoker particularly LSD (Lysergic acid diethylamide) Beamers -- Crack cocaine Banano -- Marijuana or tobacco cigarettes Bean -- A capsule containing drugs; laced with cocaine MDMA Bang -- Inhalants; to inject a drug (methylenedioxymethamphetamine) Banging -- Under the influence of drugs Beannies -- Methamphetamine Beans -- Crack Cocaine; mescaline; Bank bandit pills -- Depressants amphetamine; depressants Bar -- Marijuana Beast -- Heroin; LSD Barb -- Depressants Beat -- Crack Cocaine Barbies -- Depressants Beat artist -- Person selling bogus drugs Barbs -- Cocaine Beat vials -- Viles containing sham crack Barr -- Codeine cough syrup to cheat buyers Barrels -- LSD Beautiful boulders -- Crack Cocaine Bart Simpson -- Heroin Beavis & Butthead -- LSD Basa -- Crack cocaine Bebe -- Crack Cocaine Base -- Cocaine; crack Bed bugs -- Fellow addicts Base crazies -- Searching on hands and Bedbugs -- Fellow addicts knees for cocaine or crack Page 3 Beedies -- Cigarettes from India (resemble Bindle -- Small packet of drug powder; marijuana joints/vehicle for other drugs) heroin Beemers -- Crack Cocaine Bing -- Enough drug for one injection Behind the scale -- To weigh and sell Bingers -- Crack addicts cocaine Bingo -- To inject a drug Beiging -- Chemicals altering cocaine to Bings -- Crack Cocaine make it appear a higher purity; chemically Biphetamine -- Amphetamine; altering cocaine to make it look brown methylenedioxymethamphetamine Belladonna -- PCP (MDMA) Belt -- Effects of drugs Bipping -- Snorting heroin and cocaine, Belted -- Under the influence of a drug either separately or together Belushi -- Combination of cocaine and Birdhead -- LSD heroin Birdie powder -- Cocaine; heroin Belyando spruce -- Marijuana Biscuit -- 50 rocks of crack Bender -- Drug party Bite one's lips -- To smoke marijuana Bennie -- Amphetamine Biz -- Bag or portion of drugs Bens -- Amphetamine; Bjs -- Crack Cocaine methylenedioxymethamphetamine Black -- Marijuana; opium; (MDMA) methamphetamine Benz -- Amphetamine Black acid -- LSD; LSD and PCP Benzedrine -- Amphetamine; Black and white -- Amphetamine methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) Black bart -- Marijuana Benzidrine -- Amphetamine Black beauties -- Amphetamine; depressants Bermuda triangles -- Methylenedioxymethamphetamine Black beauty -- Methamphetamine (MDMA) Black birds -- Amphetamine Bernice -- Cocaine Black bombers -- Amphetamine Bernie -- Cocaine Black cadillacs -- Amphetamine Bernie's flakes -- Cocaine Black dust -- PCP Bernie's gold dust -- Cocaine Black eagle -- Heroin Bhang -- Marijuana, Indian term Black ganga -- Marijuana resin Bibs -- MDMA Black gold -- High potency marijuana (methylenedioxymethamphetamine) Black gungi -- Marijuana from India Big 8 -- 1/8 kilogram crack Black gunion -- Marijuana Big bag -- Heroin Black hash -- Opium mixed with hashish Big bloke -- Cocaine Black hole -- The depressant high