Monday, March 15, 2010

Street Names Of Prescription Drugs Which Are Abused

As drug abuse or selling of illegal drugs is illegal, people call different drugs with their street names. Few street names of most common prescription drugs are:

Depressants
  • Barbiturates: barbs, reds, red birds, phennies, tooies, yellows, yellow jackets
  • Benzodiazepines (except flunitrazepam): candy, downers, sleeping pills, tranks
  • Flunitrazepam: faorget-me pill, Mexican Valium, R2, Roche, roofies, roofinol, rope, rophies

Opioids and Morphine Derivatives
  • Codeine: Captain Cody, Cody, schoolboy; (when mixedwith glutethimide) doors and fours, loads, pancakes and syrup
  • Fentanyl: Apache, China girl, China white, dance fever, friend, goodfella, jackpot, murder 8, TNT, Tango and Cash
  • Morphine: M, Miss Emma, monkey, white stuff
  • Opium: big O, black stuff, block, gum, hop
  • Other opioid pain relievers (oxycodone, meperidine, hydromorphone, hydrocodone, propoxyphene): oxy 80s, oxycotton, oxycet, hillbilly heroin, percs ,demmies, pain killer, juice, dillies

Stimulants
  • Amphetamines: bennies, black beauties, crosses, hearts, LA turnaround, speed, truck drivers, uppers
  • Cocaine: blow, bump, C, candy, Charlie, coke, crack, flake, rock, snow, toot
  • Methamphetamine: chalk, crank, crystal, fire, glass, go fast, ice, meth, speed
  • Methylphenidate : IF, MPH, R-ball, Skippy, the smart drug, vitamin R

Anabolic steroids: Roids, juice


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