Drug Street Names
Many substances are discussed or sold illicitly under different drug street names. Some drugs share nicknames, as they share a chemical similarity.
Glossary of Drug Street Names
Benzodiazepines
Also known as Bars, Benzos, Blues, Chill Pills, Downers, Nerve Pills, Planks, Tranks, and Zannies.
Brand Name |
Generic Name |
Street Names |
Ativan® |
lorazepam | Candy, Downers, Sleeping Pills, Tranks |
Halcion® |
triazolam | Candy, Downers, Sleeping Pills, Tranks |
Klonopin® |
clonazepam | K, K-Pin, Pin, Super Valium |
Librium® |
chlordiazepoxide | Candy, Downers, Sleeping Pills, Tranks |
Rohypnol® |
flunitrazepam | Circles, Date Rape Drug, Forget-Me Pill, La Rocha, Lunch Money, Mexican Valium, Mind Eraser, Roofies, Wolfies |
Valium® |
diazepam | Eggs, Jellies, Moggies, Vallies |
Xanax® |
alprazolam | Bars, Bicycle Handle Bars, Footballs, French Fries, Hulk, Ladders, School Bus, Xan, Xanies, Zan, Zannies, Zanbars, Z-Bars |
Hallucinogens
Drug Type |
Street Names |
Ayahuasca |
Aya, Hoasca, Yagé |
DMT (N,N-dimethyltryptamine) |
Dimitri, The Spirit Molecule |
GHB (gamma-Hydroxybutyric) |
Date Rape Drug, G, Geeb, Georgia Home Boy, Gina, Goop, Grievous Bodily Harm, Liquid E, Liquid X, Scoop |
Ketamine |
Blind Squid, Cat Valium, Green, Jet, K, K-Hold, Kay, Special K, Super Acid, Vitamin K |
Khat |
Abyssinian Tea, African Salad, Catha, Chat, Kat, Oat, Qat |
Kratom |
Biak-biak, Herbal Speedball, Ithang, Kahyam, Ketum, Thom |
LSD (D-lysergic acid diethylamide) |
Acid, Blotter, Dots, Electric Kool Aid, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, Purple Haze, Sugar Cubes, Yellow Sunshine |
Mescaline |
Big Chief, Blue Caps, Buttons, Cactus, Mescal, Moon, San Pedro, Topi |
Mushrooms |
Alice, Boomers, Caps, Cow Patties, Fungus, Hongos, Magic, Magic Mushrooms, Mushies, Pizza Toppings, Shrooms, Tweezes |
PCP (phencyclidine) |
Angel, Angel Dust, Butt Naked, Dust, Purple Rain, Rocket Fuel, Stardust, Water, Wet, Yellow Fever, Zombie |
Peyote |
Black Button, Cactus, Green Button, Half Moon, Nubs, Shaman, Tops |
Psilocybin |
Little Smoke, Magic Mushrooms, Purple Passion, Shrooms |
Salvia divinorum |
Diviner’s Sage, Magic Mint, Maria Pastora, Sally-D |
Synthetic Cathinones |
Bath Salts, Bliss, Cloud Nine, Flakka, Lunar Wave, Scarface, Vanilla Sky, White Lightning |
Illicit Drugs
Common Name |
Other Names |
Black Tar Heroin |
Chiva, Mexican Black Tar Heroin, Mexican Tar |
Cocaine |
Aunt, Aunt Nora, Batman, Bazulco, Bernice, Bernie, Big C, Big Rush, Blow, Blowcaine, Bump, C, Candy, Charlie, Coca, Coke, Colombia, Crack, Dust, Flake, Gringa, Hubba, Line, Pearl, Powder, Rail, Rock, She, Snow, Stardust, Stash, White Girl |
Cocaine with Heroin |
Speedball |
Crack Cocaine |
Apple Jacks, Base, Ball, Black Rock, Blotter, Bopper, Chemical, Crack, Crankenstein, Dice, Garbage, Grit, Hail, Hard Rock, Kryptonite, Purple Caps, Nuggets, Poor Man’s Cocaine, Redneck Cocaine, Rock, Rocks, Sleet, Sugar Block, Topo, Tornado, Trash, Trey, Yam, Yay |
Heroin |
Black, Black Tar, Black Pearl, Black Stuff, Black Eagle, Boy, Brown, Brown Crystal, Brown Rhine, Brown Sugar, Brown Tape, China White, Dope, Dope, Dragon, The Dragon, H, He, Horse, Junk, Mexican Brown, Mexican Mud, Mexican Horse, Mud, Number 3, Number 4, Number 8, Sack, Scat, Skag, Skunk, Smack, Snow, Snowball, Tar, White, White Nurse, White Lady, White Horse, White Girl, White Boy, White Stuff |
Marijuana |
420, Ashes, Atshitshi, Aunt Mary, Bammy, Baby Bhang, Blanket, Blunt, Bo-Bo, Bobo Bush, Bomber, Boom, Bud, Broccoli, Cheeba, Chronic, Cripple, Dagga, Dope, Dinkie Dow, Ding, Dona Juana, Dona Juanita, Flower, Flower Power, Flower Tops, Ganja, Gasper, Giggle Smoke, Giggle Weed, Good Giggles, Good Butt, Grass, Green, Hash, Herb, Hot Stick, Jane, Jay, Jolly Green, Jolly Green Giant, Joy Smoke, Joy Stick, MJ, Maryjane, Mary Jane, Pot, Roach, Reefer, Skunk, Smoke, Trees, Weed |
MDMA (Ecstasy/Molly) |
Adam, Beans, Candy, Clarity, Dancing Shoes, Disco Biscuits, E, E-Bomb, Egg Rolls, Eve, Happy Pills, Lover’s Speed, Malcolm, Malcolm X, Peace, Rolls, Scooby Snacks, Smartees, The Vowel, Triple Stacks, Uppers, Vitamin E, Vitamin X, Vowel, X, XTC |
Methamphetamine |
Chalk, Christina, Cookies, Cotton Candy, Crank, Cream, Crystal, Crystal Meth, Dunk, Fire, Gak, Garbage, Glass, Go Fast, Go-Go Juice, Ice, Meth, No Doze, No Stop, Pookie, Rocket Fuel, Scooby Snacks, Speed, Trash, Tweek, Wash, White Cross |
Synthetic Marijuana |
Black Mamba, Bombay Blue, Fake Weed, Genie, K2, Moon Rocks, Spice, Zohai |
Inhalants
Chemical Compound |
Street Names |
Amyl Nitrate |
Ames, Amies, Amys, Pearls, Poppers |
Isobutyl Nitrate |
Aroma of Men, Bolt, Bullet, Climax, Hardware, Locker Room, Poppers, Quicksilver, Rush, Snappers, Thrust |
Nitrous Oxide |
Buzz Bomb, Hippie Crack, Laughing Gas, Whippets |
Opioids
Generic Name |
Brand Name |
Street Names |
Buprenorphine |
Suboxone®, Subutex® | Big Whites, Buse, Oranges, Small Whites, Sobos, Stops, Strips, Sub, Subs |
Codeine |
Captain Cody, Cody, Little C, Schoolboy | |
Codeine with Promethazine |
Phenergan®-Codeine Syrup | Act, Lean, Purple Drank, Sizzurp, Texas Tea |
Fentanyl |
Actiq®, Sublimaze® | Apache, China Girl, China White, Dance Fever, Friend, Goodfella, Jackpot, Murder 8, Tango and Cash, TNT |
Hydrocodone |
Lortab®, Norco®, Vicodin® | Bananas, Dro, Fluff, Hydros, Tabs, Vikes, V-itamin, Watson-387, 357s |
Hydromorphone |
Dilaudid®, Exalgo® | D, Dillies, Footballs, Juice, Smack |
Meperidine |
Demerol® | Demmies, Pain Killer |
Methadone |
Dolophine®, Methadose® | Amidone, Dollies, Dolls, Fizzies, Mud, Red Rock, Tootsie Roll |
Morphine |
Duramorph®, MS Contin® | God’s Drug, M, Miss Emma, Monkey, Morpho, White Stuff |
Oxycodone |
OxyContin® | 30s, As, Berries, Blues, Blueberries, Hillbilly Heroin, Ms, O.C., Oxy, Oxycet, Oxycotton, Ozone, Roxy |
| Percocet® | Ercs, Greenies, Kickers, M-30s, Percs, Rims, Tires, Wheels, 512s | |
Oxymorphone |
Opana® | Biscuits, Blue Heaven, Mrs. O, O Bomb, Octagons, Stop Signs |
Propoxyphene |
Darvocet®, Darvon® | Footballs, N’s, Pink Footballs, Pinks, Yellow Footballs, 65s |
Tramadol |
Ultram® | Chill Pills, Trammies, Ultras |
Over-the-Counter Drugs
Drug Name |
Street Names |
Dimenhydrinate (Dramamine®) |
Dime, Dime Tabs, Substance D |
DXM (dextromethorphan) |
Dex, Dextro, Drix, Poor Man’s Ecstasy, Red Devils, Robo, Robotripping, Triple C, Tussin, X |
Pseudoephedrine (Sudafed®) |
Chalk, Crank, Meth, Speed |
Sleeping Pills
Drug Name |
Street Names |
Ambien®, Lunesta®, Sonata® |
Date Rape Drug, Forget-Me Pill, Mexican Valium, R2, Roche, Roofies, Roofinol, Rope, Rophies |
Amytal® |
Barbs, Red Birds, Reds, Yellows, Yellow Jackets |
Stimulants
Drug Type |
Drug Name |
Street Names |
Amphetamine |
Adderall®, Dexedrine® | Addies, Bennies, Black Beauties, Crosses, Hearts, LA Turnaround, Speed, Truck Drivers, Uppers |
Antidepressants |
Paxil®, Prozac®, Zoloft® | Bottled Smiles, Happy Pill, Miracle Drug, Wonder Drug |
Diet Pills |
phentermine, Adipex® | Crank, Fastin, Fen-Phen, Speed |
Methylphenidate |
Concerta® | JIF, MPH, Pineapple, Skippy |
| Ritalin® | Kibbles and Bits, R-Ball, The Smart Drug, Vitamin R | |
Steroids |
nandrolone, testosterone | Arnolds, Gym Candy, Juice, Muscle Builders, Pumpers, Roids, Stackers, Weight Gainers |
