Glossary

Drug and Slang Term Glossary

1 MLS - Equipment for injecting
5/0 - Police

A

ACID - LSD
ACID HEAD - User of LSD
ALCOHOL - Booze, juice, sauce
AMPHETAMINES - Speed, crystal, crank, meth, black beauties, bennies, uppers, dexies, slim fast
ANGEL DUST - Phencyclidine or PCP
ARTILLERY - Equipment for injecting drugs

B

B's – Heroin
BABYLON - Police
BACK-UP – Permitting blood to back up into a syringe to ensure the needle is in a vein
BACON - Police
BAD TRIP - Unpleasant LSD experience
BAG - Packet of drugs, usually a standard amount for sale
BAIT - Wanted by authorities, police or dealers
BALLOON - Small amount of contained narcotics
BALLOONS - Nitrous Oxide (inhalant)
BANG UP - To inject narcotics
BANGING UP - To inject intravenously
BARBS - Barbiturates; "downers, "reds"
BASE – Speed
BASE AMPHETAMINE SULPHATE - Speed
BEAN - Ecstasy
BENNIES - Benzedrine; "peaches"
BENZOS - Tranquillizers
BIG C - Cocaine
BIG CHIEF - Mescaline
BLACK BEAUTIES - Amphetamines
BLACK HOLLIES - Amphetamines
BLACK-OUT - Amnesia for events occurring while heavily intoxicated with alcohol, other sedative/hypnotic drugs
BLASTED - High on drugs
BLOTTER – LSD
BLOTTERS - LSD
BLOW - Smoke Marijuana &/or Cannabis
BLUE DEVILS – Ammo-barbital
BLUES - Valium
BLUNTS - A cigar slit open and filled with marijuana &/or Cannabis
BOMBITA - Mixture of Cocaine & Heroin
BONG - A cylindrical water pipe for smoking narcotics, especially Marijuana or cannabis
BOOT – To smoke heroin
BOOZE - Alcohol (beer, wine, liquor)
BREAD - Money
BRICK - A kilogram of drugs
BROWN - Heroin
BROWNIES – Ecstasy
BUGEL - Cocaine
BUS - Marijuana
BUNDLE - Multiple bags of a drug
BUTTONS - Peyote or mushrooms
BUZZED - Mildly intoxicated

C

C – Cocaine
CAT TRANQULLIZERS - Ketamine
CATUS - Mescaline or Peyote
CANDY - Barbiturates or Cocaine
CARTWHEELS - Amphetamines
CHARGED UP - Under the influence of drugs
CHASING THE DRAGON - A particular way of inhaling Heroin
CHEESE – Strong Skunk Weed
CHARLIE - Cocaine
CHINA WHITE - A very pure white Heroin
CHRISTINA - Crystal Meth
CHRONIC – Very strong Marijuana &/or Cannabis
CLEAN - Drug free; not having drugs in one's possession
CLUCKING - Withdrawing from drugs
COCAINE - Crack, coke, booth, blow, railers, snow, ringer, divits, toot, cola, rocks, blast, white dust, ivory flakes, nose candy, mobbeles
COFFEE - Heroin
COKE - Cocaine
COKE BROKE - Financially incapacitated from supporting Cocaine habit
COLD TURKEY - Sudden withdrawal from drugs
COLOMBO – Marijuana &/or Cannabis grown in Columbia, Or strong Cocaine
COME DOWN - The ending of a drug experience
CONNECTION – To know a drug dealer
COOKER - Usually a spoon or bottle cap used to heat drugs(heroin, speed, cocaine) for injection
CRACK - Cocaine prepared for smoking
CRASH - To sleep off the effects of drugs
CROCK - Doctor
CRYSTAL - Methamphetamine

D

DARK - Heroin
DARKS - Heroin
DEALER - Someone who sells illegal drugs
DECK - A packet of drugs
DIESAL – Strong Skunk Weed
DEXIES - Dexedrine, or "dex"
DOLLIES - Methadone
DOPE - A general term for Marijuana, Cannabis or Cocaine
DOTS - LSD
DOWNERS – Tranquillizers
DOWNIE - Ketamine
DRIED OUT - Having gone through a withdrawal for drugs or alcohol
DRIPS – LSD
DIRT - Marijuana &/or Cannabis resin
DROP - To take a drugs orally; a meeting place to buy or supply drugs
DROP - LSD
DRUGGIE - A narcotic user or addict
DRUNK PILLS - Valium
DUST - Narcotics in powder form / ketamine
DUSTING - Sprinkling a narcotic powder on another drug such as PCP on Marijuana &/or Cannabis

E

E's - Ecstasy
EGGS - Tranquillizers
EIGHTH - One-eighth of a pound of drugs
ELEPHANT - PCP

F

FIX - An injection of drugs
FILTH - Police
FLAKE - Cocaine
FLASHBACK - Recurrence of previous hallucinations
FLIP OUT - Become psychotic or irrational
FLYING - Under the influence of drugs
FREAK OUT - A bad trip; an unexpected reaction
FREEBASE - Smoking Cocaine from a special water pipe
FRONT - To put money out before receiving the drugs
FUZZ - The police

G

GANJA - The Jamaican or West India word for Marijuana &/or Cannabis
GEAR – Heroin
GET A JOB – Police
GETTING ON - To locate and purchase a quantity of drugs
GLASS - Crystal Meth
GOLD or GOLD SEEL – Marijuana &/or Cannabis resin, not a weed
GONE OVER – Overdose
GOUCHING – Induced by heroin use
GRAM - A metric measure of weight
GRASS – Marijuana &/or Cannabis
GREEN – Marijuana &/or Cannabis
GUN - Equipment for injecting drugs
GURNERS - Ecstasy

H

H – Heroin
HABIT- A drug addiction
HANGING OUT - Withdrawing from drugs
HARD STUFF - Heroin
HASH – Marijuana &/or cannabis resin
HAVING A DIG - To inject intravenously
HEAVENLY BLUE - Morning glory seeds; a hallucinogen
HEAVY BURNER - A person who smokes a lot of dope, a burnout
HERBS – Marijuana &/or Cannabis
HEROIN - China white, fix, horse, smack, whack, mother pearl, H. junk
HIGH - To be intoxicated on drugs
HILLBILLY HEROIN - OxyContin
HIT- The amount of drugs injected in one go
HOG - PCP
HOLDING - In possession of drugs
HOME GROWN - Locally grown Marijuana &/or Cannabis; local weed; ditch weed
HOOKED – Addicted to drugs
HORSE – Heroin
HORRIDS - Marijuana &/or Cannabis resin
HOT - Wanted by authorities, police or dealers
HUFFER - Glue sniffer
HUFFING - Inhaling solvents from a bag
HUSTLE - Attempt to obtain drug customers & make money illegally

I

ICE - Crystal Meth
IN A K–HOLE - Ketamine
ISOMERIZER - Used to increase potency of THC in Marijuana

J

JAG – To inject drugs
JARPS - Equipment for injecting drugs
JARPING UP - To inject intravenously
JELLIES – Temazipam
JIMMY - To smoke heroin
JOINT - A Marijuana &/or Cannabis cigarette
JUICE - Methadone
JUNK - Heroin
JUNKIE - An heroin or crack cocaine addict

K

K – Ketamine
K – HOLE - Ketamine
KET – Ketamine
KEVIN - Ketamine
KEY - Kilogram
KICK - To stop using drugs
KIDDIE DOPE - Usually prescription drugs
KIDDIE COCAINE - Ritalin
KILLER WEED - Strong Marijuana &/or Cannabis, or marijuana &/or Cannabis laced with harder drugs i.e.: heroin or PCP
KILO - 2.2 Lbs, also a Kilogram
KIT - Equipment used to inject drugs

L

L - LSD
LAUGHING GAS - Nitrous Oxide (inhalant)
LETTUCE - Money
LEAPERS - Amphetamines
LID - One ounce or less of Marijuana &/or Cannabis
LIGHTENING - LSD
LINGTUS - Methadone
LINE - A dose of Cocaine arranged in a line on a smooth surface
LIQUID ACID – LSD
LITTLE FELLAS – Ecstasy
LINK - To locate and purchase a quantity of drugs
LOADED - High on drugs or alcohol
LOVE DOVE - Ecstasy
LSD - Acid, microdots, blotters, tab
LUCY - LSD
LUDES - Methaqualone; Quaaludes, Valium

M

MADAM POWDER - MDMA
MAINLINE - Inject a drug directly into a vein, to "shoot up"
MAINLINER - A person who injects directly into the vein
MARCHING POWDER - Cocaine
MARIJUANA – Cannabis, bud, bhang, dope, grass, hash, hemp, the herb, pot, stinkweed, stuff, weed, wacky baccy, Green, Food, green
MARY JANE – Marijuana &/or Cannabis
MARIJUANA &/or CANNABIS CIGARETTE - Joint, J, reefer, spiff, fat one, stogy
MANDY – MDMA
MD – MDMA
MDMA – Powder Ecstasy
MESCALINE - Mess, crystal
METH – Methadone or Crystal meth
MICRODOT - A tablet containing LSD
MITSUBISHI'S - Ecstasy
MIXTURE - Methadone
MISS EMMA - Morphine
MOGGIES - Tranquillizers
MONKEY ON YOUR SHOULDER - Drug dependency
MULE - A carrier of drugs
MUNCHIES - The hunger that follows after using Marijuana &/or Cannabis
MUSHROOMS - Magic mushrooms, shrooms, mushies
MUSTARD – Wanted by authorities, police or dealers

N

NAILED – To be arrested
NEEDLE FREAK - A person who prefers to take drugs with a needle
NODDING - Induced by heroin use
NORRIES - Tranquillizers
NOS - Nitrous Oxide (inhalant)
NICKED – To be arrested

O

O.D. - Overdosed on drugs
OP8 - Heroin
OLD BILL - Police
ON A TRIP - Under the influence of LSD
OUT OF IT - Under the influence of drugs
OZ - One ounce of drugs

P

P – Money
P's - Crystal Meth
PAPER MUSHROOMS - LSD
PAPERS - Rolling papers, used to make marijuana &/or Cannabis or tobacco cigarettes
PAPERWORK - Money
PARAPHERNALIA - Accessories used to take drugs
PCP - (Phencyclidine) angel dust, wet daddies, dust, juice
PEBBLES - Crack Cocaine
PEPSI HABIT - Occasional use of Cocaine
PEYOTE - Hallucinogenic cactus, buttons
PIECE - Usually one ounce of drugs
PIGS - Police
PILLS - Ecstasy
PINKS - Second (Barbiturate)
PINS - Equipment for injecting drugs
POPPERS - Amyl Nitrate capsules (inhalant)
POORMAN’S HEROIN - OxyContin
POT – Marijuana &/or Cannabis
POT HEAD - Marijuana &/or Cannabis user
POUND NOTES - Money

Q

QUACK – Doctor
QUITE FRIGHTENING – Strong cheap cider

R

RATTLING – Withdrawing from drugs
RED DEVILS - Barbiturate
REEFER – Marijuana
REGRETAMINE - Ketamine
RHINO – Strong Skunk weed
RIG - The paraphernalia for injecting drugs
RIPPED OFF - Robbed
ROACH - The stub of a Marijuana cigarette
ROCKS - Crack Cocaine
ROLEXES - Ecstasy
ROOFIES – Tranquillizers
ROUND ONES – Ecstasy
ROZZER - Police
RUSH - An intense surge of pleasure; Butyl Nitrate inhalant or ecstasy

S

SCAT – Heroin
SCALLION - Police
SCHOOL BOY – Codeine / DF118
SCORE - To locate and purchase a quantity of drugs
SCRIPT – Prescription Methadone
SENSI - Marijuana
SHOOT UP - To inject intravenously
SHOTGUN - A way of smoking Marijuana, by blowing smoke back through the joint into another's mouth
SINSEMILLA - A potent type of Marijuana
SKAG – Heroin
SKIN - Rolling papers used for making a spliff
SKIN POPPING - To inject a drug under the skin
SKUNK - Strong Marijuana &/or Cannabis
SMACK - Heroin
SMOKE – Marijuana &/or Cannabis
SNORT - To inhale Cocaine through the nostrils
SNOW - Cocaine
SOLID – Marijuana &/or Cannabis resin
SOAPBAR - Marijuana &/or Cannabis resin
SPACE CADET - Habitual user of Marijuana &/or Cannabis
SPACED OUT - Under the influence of drugs or alcohol
SPACED - Unresponsive to surroundings due to drug use
SPANGLE- Ketamine
SPANGLED - Ketamine
SPECIAL K - Ketamine
SPEED - Amphetamines
SPEEDBALL - A mixture of Cocaine and Heroin; "Bombita or Snowball"
SPIKE - Needle used to inject drugs
SQUARES - LSD
SNOWBALL – A mixture of heroin & cocaine for injecting
STASH - A place where drugs are hidden
STEP ON - To dilute drugs
STICK - A Marijuana &/or Cannabis cigarette
STONED - Under the influence of cannabis or Marijuana
STONES - Crack Cocaine
STRAIGHT - Not using drugs
STRUNG OUT - Withdrawing

T

TAB – LSD
TABS - LSD
THAI STICKS - Marijuana laced with Opium
TICK – Getting drugs before paying
TICKING - Getting drugs before paying
TINA - Crystal Meth
TOKE - Inhaling Marijuana or Hashish smoke
TO BE SPANGLED - Ketamine
TOOT - To smoke heroin
TOOTER – Rolled foil use to inhale heroin
TRACKS - A row of needle marks on the skin
TRIP - LSD
TRIPPER – LSD user
TRIPS - LSD

U

UPPERS - Stimulants, Amphetamines

V

VALLIES - Tranquillizers
VALIUM - Lodes, drunk pills, vallies, blues
VERA’S - Rolling papers used for making a spliff
VITAMIN K - Ketamine

W

WACKY BACCY – Marijuana &/or Cannabis
WASH - Crack Cocaine
WASTED - Intoxicated, High
WEED – Marijuana &/or Cannabis
WHITE – Cocaine/Crack
WHITE LIGHTENING – LSD & strong cider
WIRED - High on Amphetamines, Cocaine or Crack Cocaine
WORKS - Equipment for injecting drugs
WRAP - Rolling papers used for making a spliff / Or a way of selling drugs

X

XTC - Ecstasy

Y

YABA - Crystal Meth
YELLOW JACKETS - Nembutal, Barbiturate

Z

ZOOT – A cannabis / marijuana cigarette