List of street names of drugs

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A street name is a colloquial name given to a drug other than its popular or chemical names. Street names for drugs change from place to place and time to time, and no absolute reliance should ever be placed on them.

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Amphetamine

Billy - generally Amphetamine Sulphate
Dexies - from the brand name Dexedrine or the chemical name Dexamphetamine sulphate,
Speed - generally Amphetamine Sulphate
Whiz - generally Amphetamine Sulphate

Anabolic steroids

Iron Brew - steroids such as Durabolin, Stanozolol, Dianabol; this should not be confused with the soft drink Irn-Bru.

Amyl nitrite

Animal - play on 'Amyl'
Liquid gold - descriptive
Poppers - may be any of Amyl nitrite, Alkyl nitrites, or Butyl nitrite
DVD Cleaner

Benzodiazepines

Bennies - generic street name for Benzodiazepines
Downers - generic street name for Benzodiazepines

Nitrazepam.

Forget-me-pill - chemical name Flunitrazepam
Jellies - chemical name Temazepam
La roche - chemical name Flunitrazepam
Mexican valium - chemical name Flunitrazepam
Moggies - brand names: Mogodon, Nitrados, Remnos, Unisomnia, chemical name
Roofies - chemical name Flunitrazepam
Rophies - chemical name Flunitrazepam
Ropies - chemical name Flunitrazepam
Ruffies - chemical name Flunitrazepam
Roche - chemical name Flunitrazepam
Roachies - chemical name Flunitrazepam
R-2 - chemical name Flunitrazepam
Rope - chemical name Flunitrazepam
Rib - chemical name Flunitrazepam
Rugby balls - chemical name Temazepam
Terms - chemical name Temazepam
Vallies - brand name Valium, chemical name Diazepam.

Cannabis

Al green
Bammer
Black
Blaze
Blowhead
Bomb
Bud
Buddha
Cheeba
Cron
Chronic
Daddy
Dank
Doob
Dope
Doshia
Draw
Ganja
Gerp
Gran
Grass
Green
Hash
Herb
Ish
Kilroy
La-lala
Mary Jane
Mint
Mota
Muggles
Nugenz
Nugs
Old Toby
Perp
Pot
Puff
Rasta Plant
Shit
Shrubs
Skunk
Smoke
Stash
Strees
Tea
Trees
Tweed
Wacky tabaccy
Weed
Yaa
Yameen

Cocaine

Blow
Booger sugar
Charlie
Coke - shortened form of cocaine
Snow - cocaine as a powder is said to resemble snow
Powder - self descriptive
White lady
Yayo - From Scarface; "Chichi, get the yayo"
Shnazzle

Cuch

Crack cocaine

Crack - from the noise it makes when it is smoked
Freebase - technically the description of an action of taking crack cocaine, but also used as a name for the drug
Rocks - descriptive

LSD

alice
Acid
Acid tabs
Tabs - LSD is sometimes blotted onto sheets of paper, cut up into little squares called tabs
Trips - note than an LSD experience is known as a trip; being on LSD is known as tripping
Trade names - e.g. Strawberries; tabs are often illustrated, and specific batches named after the illustration or colour of paper used.

Heroin

Dragon - when smoked, the thick smoke of heroin is said to resemble the tail of a dragon (hence 'chasing the dragon')
Golden brown - from the colour of heroin
H - shortened form of heroin
Hero
Horse
Smack - from the action of smacking the arm to produce a vein in which to inject the drug

"HOP" , DOG FOOD , GOOP , KAKA WATER , BOBBY BROWN , NODDY BROWN , BLACK ,CHINA WHITE , BOY ,PEPER , TAR , DOOKEY ROCKS, scag

Ketamine

K - shortened form of ketamine
Special K - from the breakfast cereal of the same name
Vitamin K
Cat Tranquiliser - from its use as a veterinary anesthetic

Khat

Chat
Qat
Quaadka

Methadone

Meth
Phy - from Physeptone, a brand name for methadone

Methamphetamine

Crystal - from the crystalline form of pure methamphetamine
Crystal meth
Ice - from the appearance of crystalline methamphetamine, resembling ice.
Meth
Speed - applicable also to any stimulants of the amphetamine class
Tina
Crank - non-crystalline methamphetamine powder prepared for insufflation or injection
Gak - see above