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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Brand, Generic, And Street Names For Drugs
Some of these drugs may have the same street names because of their similar chemical makeup or similar use and effect.
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 |
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 |
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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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