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Drug Street Names
Every drug that can be misused or sold illicitly will eventually accrue at least one street name, and most have several.
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Street Names For Opioid Drugs
Brand Name |
Generic Name |
Street Name |
|---|---|---|
| Actiq®, Sublimaze® | Fentanyl | Apache, China Girl, China White, Dance fever, Friend, Goodfella, Jackpot, Murder 8, Tango and Cash |
| Airacof®, Bromanyl®, Calcidrine®, Zotex® | Codeine | Captain Cody, Cody, Little C, Schoolboy |
| AVINza®, Kadian®, Morphabond®, Roxanol® | Morphine | Dreamer, First Line, God’s Drug, M, Miss Emma, Mister Blue, Monkey, Morf, Morpho, Vitamin M, White Stuff |
| N/A | Black Tar Heroin | Brown Sugar, China White, Dope, H, Horse, Junk, Skag, Skunk, Smack, White Horse |
| Darvocet® | Propoxyphene | Footballs, Pinks, Pink Footballs, Yellow Footballs, 65s |
| Demerol® | Meperidine | Demmies, Pain killer |
| Dilaudid® | Hydromorphone | D, Dillies, K4, Needle Candy |
| Dolophine®, Methadose® | Methadone | Amidone, Chocolate Chip Cookies, Fizzies |
| N/A | Heroin | Brown Sugar, China White, Dope, H, Horse, Junk, Skag, Skunk, Smack, White Horse |
| OxyContin®, Roxicodone®, Percocet®, Percodan® | Oxycodone | Bananas, Cotton, Ercs, Greenies, Hillbilly Heroin, Kickers, O.C., Ox, Oxy, Oxycet, Oxycotten, Percs, Pills |
| Ultram®, Conzip®, Rybix ODT® | Tramadol | Chill Pills, Tramal, Trammies |
| Vicodin® | Hydrocodone | Fluff, Hydros, V-itamin, Vic, Vike, Watson-387 |
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Street Names For Benzodiazepines
Brand Name |
Generic Name |
Street Name |
|---|---|---|
| Ativan® | Lorazepam | Benzos, Downers, Nerve Pills, Tranks |
| Halcion® | Triazolam | Benzos, Downers, Nerve Pills, Tranks |
| Klonopin® | Clonazepam | Benzos, Clons, K-Pins, Super Valium |
| Librium® | Chlordiazepoxide | Benzos, Blue Ruffles, Downers Blue Bombs, Nerve Pills, Tranks |
| Restoril® | Temazepam | Eggs, Green Eggs, Jellies, Norries, Rugby Balls, Tems, Temazzies |
| Rohypnol® | Glunitrazepam | Mexican Valium, Rophies, Roach, Roofies, Rope, R2, “The Date Rape Drug” |
| Valium® | Diazepam | Blues, Eggs, Jellies, Moggies, Vallies, Yellows |
| Xanax® | Alprazolam | Bars, Benzos, Blue Footballs, Bricks, UpJohn, Zanbars, Z-bars |
Street Names For Stimulant Drugs
Brand Name |
Generic Name |
Street Name |
|---|---|---|
| Adderall® | Dextroamphetamine | A-Bomb, Addies, Amps, Bennies, Co-Pilots, Ralls, Study Buddies, The A-train |
| Axiron®, Androgel®, Gortesta® | Steroids, Testosterone, Androstenedione | Gear, Gym Candy, Juice, Pumpers, Roids, Stackers, Weight Trainers |
| Adzenys XR_ODT®, Dyanavel XR®, Evekeo® | Amphetamine | Amp, Blacks, Browns, Ice, Meth, Speed, Uppers, Wakeups, Whites, Yaba |
| N/A | Cocaine | Apache, Blanco, Blow, Blowcaine, Crank, Coke, Nose Candy, Nose Beers, Sneeze, Sniff, Snort, Snow, toot, White Lady, White Girl, White Dove, Whitey, Yeyo |
| N/A | Crack Cocaine | Base, Baseball, Crankenstein, Double Yoke, Garbage, Hail, Hard Ball, Hard Rock, Kryptonite, Nugget, Poor Man’s Cocaine, Redneck Cocaine, Rock, Slab, Sleet, Sugar, Sugar Block, Trash |
| N/A | Ecstasy, MDMA | Adam, Beans, Disco Biscuit, E, Love Drug, Molly, X, XTC |
| N/A | Methamphetamine | Chalk, Crank, Crystal, Ice, Junk, Meth, No Doze, Rocket Fuel, Scooby Snax, Speed, White Cross |
| Ritalin®, Concerta® | Methylphenidate | Diet Coke, Jif, Kibbles and Bits, Kidde Cocaine, Pineapple, Vitamin R, R-Ball, R-Pop, Rids |
Street Names For Hallucinogens
Popular Name |
Alternate and Street Names |
|---|---|
| Ayahuasca | Aya, Daime, Hoasca, La Purga, The Tea, Yage |
| Dextromethorphan | Candy, C-C-C, Dex, DM, Drex, DXM, Red Devils, Robo, Tussin, Vitamin D |
| DMT | Businessman’s LSD, Dimitri, Fantasia |
| Ketamine | K, Special K, Valium |
| LSD | Acid, Blotter, Doses, Hits, Microdots, Sugar Cubes, Trips, Tabs, Window Panes |
| Peyote | An Pedro, Buttons, Blue Caps, Cactus, Half Moon, Mescaline, Mesc, Nubs, Shaman |
| PCP, Phencyclidine | Angel, Angel Dust, Busy Bee, Butt Naked, Cadillac, Cliffhanger, Dummy Dust,Embalming Fluid, Hog, Ozone, Rocket Fuel, Hog, Superweed |
| Psyilocybin | Little Smoke, Magic Mushrooms, Shrooms, Boomers |
| Salvia Divinorum | Diviner’s Sage, Magic Mint, Sally-D, Ska Pastora |
Street Names For Inhalant Drugs
Generic Names |
Street Names |
|---|---|
| Amyl Nitrite | Aimies, Poppers, Whiteout |
| Isobutyl Nitrite | Bolt, Bullet, Quicksilver, Poppers, Whiteout |
| Nitrous Oxide | Hippy Crack, Laughing Gas, N2O, Sweet Air, Whippets, Whippies |
| Toluene | Toil, Tuleo |
Street Names For Cannabinoid Drugs
Popular Name |
Street Names |
|---|---|
| Marijuana | Atshitishi, Bamba, Black Bart, Broccoli, Bud, Cabbage, Catnip, Charge, Dope, Fine Stuff, Ganja, Grass, Hash, Hemp, Jane, MJ, Muggle, Pot, Rope, Sticky Icky, Trees, Weed, Whacky Tobacky, 420 |
| Synthetic Marijuana | Bliss, Fake Weed, Genie, K2, Moon rocks, Spice, Yucatan Fire |
Street Names For Alcohol
Popular Name |
Street Names |
|---|---|
| Alcohol | Aqua Vitae, Ardent Spirits, Booze, Bottle, Brew, Fire Water, Hard Stuff, Hard Drink, Hooch, John Barleycorn Juice, Liquor, Lush, Moonshine, Rum, Sauce, Spirits, Strong Drink, Tipple |
Street Names For Popular Drug Combinations
Drug Names |
Combination Names |
|---|---|
| Cocaine and Heroin | Belushi, Bombita, Speedball |
| Cocaine and PCP | Space, Whack |
| Ecstasy and Mescaline | Love Flip, Love Trip |
| Marijuana and PCP | Bionic, Zoom |
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