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Drug Slang
A street name is a slang name given to a drug other than its popular or chemical names. Street names for drugs drastically change from place to place and time to time, and no absolute reliance should ever be placed on them. This list covers only English terms, though many such terms exist in other languages.

Alcohol
Amphetamine
Amyl nitrite
Anabolic steroids
Benzodiazepines, Barbiturates & Miscellaneous Depressants
Cannabis
Cigarette
Cocaine
Dextromethorphan
Ecstasy
Gammahydroxybutyrate
Heroin
Ketamine
Khat
LSD
Mescaline
Methamphetamine
Morphine
Other
Other Opiates
Phencyclidine
Promethazine w/Codeine
Psychedelic mushrooms

Alcohol

Alcoholic enhancements

Beerpop - cold beer

Bevvie

Bitch-piss- UK, referring to alco-pops

Booze

Boozepiece - Referring to a single drink of any sort (i.e. a can/bottle of beer)

Brewdog - refers to beer

Brewpop - cold beer

Brew(s) - Referring to beer or ale

Brewskeez - beer

Brewskis - Referring to beer or ale

Cardbordeaux - red box wine

Cargo - (Glaswegian) Alcohol, drink i.e "Ye gettin a cargo the night?"

Cold One - Referring to beer or ale

Crunk juice -A mix of Hennessey and Red Bull

Daddy's juice- popular in Northern Virginia

Daddy's Soda- popular in East Texas

Daddy's vagina- popular in Southern Florida

Drink

Fire Water - Allegedly coined by Native Americans

Goon - Usually box wine

Grandpa's (or Grandma's) Cough Syrup

Grog - Australian slang, derived from British Navy usage

Hard Stuff - distilled spirits

'Hol - contraction

Hooch -illegally made hard liquor

Horsepiss - Bad tasting or spoiled beer

Hyphy Juice-Gin or Vodka mixed with Clyde Carson's drink

Jesus Juice (white wine) -- coined by Michael Jackson

Jooce

Liquid Courage

Lolly Water - alco pops

Lush - Irish Slang (Sligo)

Moonshine - Referring to illegally made hard liquor(corn liquor)

On The Turps

Pimp Juice

Piss -Australian, Referring to the similarity in color between Urine and some beers. However, the slang is not always limited to beer.

Plonk - UK (wine)

Poitín - Ireland (home-distilled whiskey)

Poof juice (alcho pops)

Rancid Snatch [Glaswiegian Spirt]

Road Soda - Bottled beer

Rocket Fuel - Referring to high-proof alcohol

Rotgut - poorly made spirits

Sauce

Shack - Popular in Nigeria

Soup

Space Bag - A box of wine

Spirits

Tinnies - can/tin of alcoholic drink

Tramp Juice - High-strength, low-price alcohol

Wanger

Wet

Wobbly Pop - Beer

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Amphetamine

A-Plus -- Since Amphetamines are commonly used as study aids among college students.

"A-train" -Being high on amphetamines is sometimes called "riding the a-train."

Adderall -- brand name as well as a more generalized name.

Addies -- Slang term for adderall

Affe -- used in Sweden

Aimies

Amfis -- used in Finland

Amfa -- used in Poland

Amfeta -- used in Denmark

Amp

Anfetas -- used in Spain

Bennies

Billy -- generally Amphetamine Sulphate, from the comic character, Billy Whizz

Bippies

Black Beauties

Blueberries -- 10 or 5 mg Adderall pill referring to blue coloring.

Cross-tops

Dexies - from the brand name Dexedrine or the chemical name Dextroamphetamine sulphate

Drex -- a reference to propylhexedredrine contianed in benzedrex cotton found otc sinus inhalers

Fly Boys

Gas

GB's -- Standing for goof balls, it refers to the euphoric 'goofy' feeling experienced from heavy doses

Go-ee -- generally Amphetamine Sulphate

Head fruit

Höökipulveri -- Finnish, liberally "mojo powder"

"Little Guys" - Term for amphetamine pills, because they're small and come to be like a friend.

Oranges -- 15mg+ pills of Adderal, or Adderal XR, referring to orange color.

Pep pills

Pervitiini -- Finnish from German trade name Pervitin for amphetamine sulfate

Piri -- Finnish short from "piriste" (stimulant)

Proszek -- Poland

Rippers

Speed -- generally Amphetamine Sulphate

Sprinkles-- usually Aderall xr or Dexadrine for the small sprinkle like balls of aphetamine

Sulph -- generally Amphetamine Sulphate

Tweek

Tic-tacs (Adderall, because they resemble orange tic-tacs)

Vitamin R - Ritalin

Whiz -- generally Amphetamine Sulphate

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Amyl nitrite

Amys

Animal -- play on 'Amyl'

Bolt

Bottle O'Maitland

DVD-Cleaner

"Diet Coke" -- Brooklyn Colloquial. in reference to it similar but weaker effects with cocaine

Liquid gold -- descriptive

Locker room

Pearls

Poppers -- may be any of Amyl nitrite, Alkyl nitrites, or Butyl nitrite

Rush

Snappers

Stephen Armstrongs

Stinky Willy

bum bum blasters

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Anabolic steroids

Arnolds -- from Arnold Schwarzenegger's known steroid use in the past

Asteroids-- steroids in general

Gear -- steroids in general

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

Juice -- steroids in general

Liquid Gold

Mömmöt -- Finnish, "the stuff". Also used by the transgendered for hormonal replacement therapy.

Pump-up pills

Roids -- steroids in general

Steds -- steroids in general

T-Stoff -- German for testosterone, originally Me 163 Komet rocket fuel

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Benzodiazepines, Barbiturates & Miscellaneous Depressants

Barbies -- Barbiturates

Barred-Out -- an adjectival construction which refers to someone under the effects of Xanax bars; see also Bars, White Bars, and Green Bars

Bars -- 2mg long rectangular tablets, brand name Xanax, chemical name Alprazolam

Beans -- Temazepam

Benzos --Benzodiazepines

Bennies -- Benzodiazepines

Blue Angels -- brand name Amytal, chemical name Sodium Amobarbital

Blues -- slang for various drugs belonging to several different classes, but in this case refers to either Sodium Amobarbital capsules (brand name Amytal), or more commonly, 10mg Diazepam tablets (brand name Valium)

Chill Pills -- any of a number of benzodiazepines, barbiturates, or other Central Nervous System Depressants which tend to induce a spectrum of sedative effects including sense of tranquility, anxiolysis, mild euphoria, myorelaxation, and sleepiness at usual doses

Coffins -- brand name Xanax, chemical name Alprazolam

Don or The Don -- brand name Mogadon, chemical name Nitrazepam

Dogbones -- chemical name Xanax, chemical name Alprazolam

Downers -- any of a number of benzodiazepines, barbiturates, or other Central Nervous System Depressants which tend to induce a spectrum of sedative effects including sense of tranquility, anxiolysis, mild euphoria, myorelaxation, and sleepiness at usual doses

Eggs -- Temazepam

Footballs -- 0.25mg (white), 0.5mg (peach or pink), and 1mg (blue) ovoid tablets, brand name Xanax, chemical name Alprazolam

Four Bars (often pronounced "Fo' Bars" or simply shortened to "Fo's") -- 2mg long rectangular tablets, brand name Xanax, chemical name Alprazolam; so-called because of its tri-score segmentation which can provide four separate doses of 0.5mg each

Forget-Me-Pill -- chemical name Flunitrazepam

French Fries -- brand name Xanax, chemical name Alprazolam

Gold Bars -- 2mg long rectangular tablets manufactured by Purepac Pharmaceuticals, chemical name Alprazolam; so-called because of its yellow color which distinguishes it from other, usually white, generics

Gorilla Biscuits -- Large quaaludes that make you go "apeshit"

Green Bars -- 2mg long rectangular tablets manufactured by ESI Lederle, chemical name Alprazolam; so-called because of its green color which distinguishes it from other, usually white, generics

Jellies -- chemical name Temazepam; refers explicitly to a gelcap form of the drug formerly available in the UK, but since taken off the market due to high street appeal among intravenous drug users

K-Pins -- brandname Klonopin, chemical name Clonazepam

Knockout Drops -- brand name Aquachloral, chemical name Chloral Hydrate; generally refers to Chloral Hydrate only in its syrup formulation

Knockout Pills -- chemical name Temazepam

Klondike Bars -- brand name Klonopin, chemical name Clonazepam

Klonnies or Klons -- brand name Klonopin, chemical name Clonazepam

La Roche -- usually refers to brand name Rohypnol, chemical name Flunitrazepam, manufactured by Hoffman-La Roche; sometimes used for other Roche benzodiazepines, such as Valium, chemical name Diazepam, and Klonopin (United States) or Rivotril (Canada and Europe), chemical name Clonazepam

Ludes -- brand names: Quaalude, Sopor, Parest, chemical name Methaqualone; no longer marketed in the United States due to extensive abuse, though various benzodiazepines and other CNS Depressants are occasionally misrepresented as Methaqualone on the black market

Mazzies -- Temazepam

Mexican Valium - chemical name Flunitrazepam

Mickeys or Mickey Finns -- brand names: Somnote, Aquachloral, Noctec, Somnos, chemical name Chloral Hydrate; Mickeys are generally Chloral Hydrate solely; the infamous Mickey Finn refers to a (usually alcoholic) drink laced with Chloral Hydrate, the original "date-rape drug"

Moggies -- brand names: Mogadon, Nitrados, Remnos, Unisomnia, chemical name Nitrazepam

Moogles -- brand name: Mogadon, chemical name Nitrazepam

Mother's Little Helper -- brand name Valium, chemical name Diazepam; also sometimes used to refer to the prescription amphetamine Dexedrine, chemical name Dextroamphetamine Sulfate, or a combination of Dexedrine and Valium

Nebbies

Nitro's -- chemical name Nitrazepam

Oranges -- 10mg orange circular pills, brand name Normison, chemical name Temazepam

Pami -- Finnish play on trade name Diapam (diazopam)

Pins -- brand name Klonopin, chemical name Clonazepam

Phennies

R-2 -- chemical name Flunitrazepam

Reds or Red Bullets -- brand name Seconal, chemical name Sodium Quinalbarbitone or Sodium Secobarbital; a potent short-acting hypnotic barbiturate known for its bright red colored capsules; common during the 1960s-1970s, but not often encountered today

Rib -- chemical name Flunitrazepam

Rick James Biatch -- chemical name Flunitrazepam

Roaches / Roachies -- usually refers to brand name Rohypnol, chemical name Flunitrazepam, manufactured by Hoffman-La Roche; sometimes used for other Roche benzodiazepines, such as Valium, chemical name Diazepam, and Klonopin (United States) or Rivotril (Canada and Europe), chemical name Clonazepam

Roche -- usually refers to brand name Rohypnol, chemical name Flunitrazepam, manufactured by Hoffman-La Roche; sometimes used for other Roche benzodiazepines, such as Valium, chemical name Diazepam, and Klonopin (United States) or Rivotril (Canada and Europe), chemical name Clonazepam

Roofies -- chemical name Flunitrazepam

Rope -- chemical name Flunitrazepam

Ropies -- chemical name Flunitrazepam

Ruffies -- chemical name Flunitrazepam

Rugby Balls -- chemical name Temazepam

School Buses -- 3mg extended release Alprazolam tablets

Softballs

Sticks -- 2mg long rectangular tablets, brand name Xanax, chemical name Alprazolam

Stoppers

Terms -- chemical name Temazepam

Tic-Tacs -- small 5 or 10mg oblong tablets, brand names: Ambien, Stilnox, chemical name Zolpidem Tartrate

Totem Poles -- chemical name Xanax, chemical name Alprazolam

Tranqs -- tranquilizers

Vallies or Vals -- brand name Valium, chemical name Diazepam

White Bars -- 2mg white long rectangular tablets, brand name Xanax, chemical name Alprazolam

Yellowjackets

Xan-Bars -- 2mg long rectangular tablets, brand name Xanax, chemical name Alprazolam

X-Boxes -- brand name Xanax, chemical name Alprazolam

Zan-Bars -- 2mg long rectangular tablets, brand name Xanax, chemical name Alprazolam

Zanny-Bars -- 2mg long rectangular tablets, brand name Xanax, chemical name Alprazolam

Zannies -- Also spelled Xannies, term for Xanax.

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Cannabis

4.20 -- Possibly referring to the time at which school ends, when some pupils will use cannabis; also could be reference to American equivalent of the holiday "J-Day" which falls on the twentieth of April (4/20).

A Big One -- a pound of marijuana

Ak-47 -- a strain known for its sticky consistency and crystal covered exterior

Al Green

Afi -- short for Afghani variety of marijuana characterized by seedless buds

Abu-Sufian -- a very potent form of hydroponics smoked by Abu-Sufian and his crew.

Amsterdam-- used because in the Netherlands it is legal to smoke and have possession of marijuana

Arathi or Arathi Highlands -- high-quality San Francisco Bay Area marijuana, named taken from World of Warcraft.

B -- shortened form of Bud

"B-Legit"-- 2 marijuana blunts rolled together; the initial stands for the amount of blunts used: for example, a M-Legit would be 13 blunts, or an A-Legit would be a single blunt

Bad One -- refers to high-quality cannabis

Baking -- slang for the act of smoking weed; afterwards the smoker is baked

Banana ramma -- refers to the banana after taste of some weed

Bangoo -- very potent form of Sudanese marijuana

Bammer or "Bab" -- bad marijuana

Banji -- what the Hadza, modern day foragers of East Africa, call it

Bank Head Bud

Banzai Buds -- term used in Florida by Asian smokers

BC Bud -- hydroponically grown marijuana from British Columbia, usually Vancouver, known for its high THC content

Beaster -- sleepy time, Bunkly 100% Indica marijuana. Thought to have originated in British Columbia (BC) .

Beat N Sleep -- High-grade mids from Florida, name self explanatory

Beano -- $10 bag of cannabis from Southern Ontario.

Benz -- A £10 bag of cannabis. 1.5 - 1.8g

Bergspinasie -- South-African slang for cannabis

Bhang -- Indian, tea made from hash

Bigfoot -- a term used in some parts of Alabama that can refer to marijuana, or to the high itself

Bin Laden -- 3 different kinds of weed, grown all together.

Birthday Cake

Black -- hash

Blastoff -- a term used to refer to the initial smoking marijuana or to the initial high itself

Blaze -- to smoke marijuana

Blowhead

Blueberry -- very potent marijuana that has a blue hue to it

Blunt -- a marijuana cigar; named for the Philly (Blunt)

Bob Hope -- rhyming slang for "dope"

Bobby Brown -- referring to the color of the cannabis

Boléia -- [BraziL] cheap but powerful marijuana

Bomb -- high potency marijuana

Bombed -- Extremely high

Bomb-dizzle -- Term popularized by one of the more famous Marijuana advocates, Okramx.

Boo

Boob -- To smoke marijuana

Boom

Bowgma-Chuff

Bread -- a small amount can be referred to as a slice; bread is said to be thrown when ingested

Brick -- Cheap weed or a large quantity in the shape of a brick.

Broccoli -- slang term, coined by Bay Area Lyricist E-40 Belafonte

Brown -- hash

Bud -- the buds of the cannabis plant

Buddha

Bun -- to smoke cannabis - "bunning"

Bun-up -- to participate or hold a smoking 'session'

Bunk -- low-quality grass

Burn One -- to smoke a blunt or joint

Bueno/Buen -- Spanish for "good"

Bush

Buzzles

Cable

Cann --short for Cannabis

Caño --

Cereal -- bowl of "cereal" used in telephone conversation to avoid illicit terminology

CDs -- SE New England slang that was popularized on public access TV

Cheeba

Cheebong

Cheech and Chong-- From the popular stoner films

Cheese

Chocolate-- hashish

Chocolate Thai

Chrin

Chro -- a South London slang term applied to particularly potent cannabis (short for Chronic)

Chrowed out-- a term used for someone heavily under the influence of cannabis

Crunk a slang term used by Abu-Sufian and his crew to describe the euphoria reached by the very potent hydroponics.

Choof

Chucky -- (NY) Bronx term for marijuana that is of low to average quality with a slow burn

Chuff -- a joint, smoked like cigarette

Chronic or Chron-- high quality marijuana (also used to refer to marijuana laced with crack or pure cocaine)originating in Los Angeles.

Clone -- seedless marijuana

Cocktails -- mix of hash and skunk in one spliff

Cocoa Puff -- marijuana mixed with cocaine, usually sprinkled on top of a pipe or in a spliff

Coconut Rabbi--

Costco -- Where you can buy a lot of it off a dealer.

Costo -- hashish, used in Spain

Collie Weed-- Jamaican terminology

Conversational Bread Throwing-- a euphemism for smoking marijuana, especially in a group

Creeper Weed (or Creeper) -- marijuana that has a high that comes on slowly

Crippy -- term used in Florida locales, referring to any general high-grade cannabis (compare to "regs": regular-grade cannabis )

Cutch -- A tightly rolled-up piece of a matchbook cover to hold the joint so that the smoked end does not get too wet and soggy (= no smoke)

Cush (or Kush) -- ancient variety from the Kingdom of Cush in what is now Sudan; it grows wild along the banks of the upper Nile River

D Nugs -- shortened from Dank Nuggets

Drizzle -- slang for an ounce of Hydro

Dagga -- South African slang

Dak

Dank -- potent marijuana

Dan K-- slang for Dank

Dark -- marijuana that is darker than normal

Deaf - got that deaf?-- popular in New Jersey or Monroe Township area

Diggity -- another name for dank, used heavily in South Georgia

Dime -- a 10 dollar bag of marijuana, or less commonly, 1/16th of an ounce

Dino -- a predominantly southern term for a 10 dollar bag of marijuana (usually of lower quality)

Dirt -- cannabis of a lower quality; also, marijuana that is grown in dirt and is not hydroponically grown (also known as Dirtweed)

Dirty -- Southern term meaning marijuana laced with crack or cocaine

Dirty Dank

Ditchweed -- wild marijuana which is usually not very good

Doctor Kissinger's Crutch

DoggyNuggz -- very potent strain of marijuana originating from New Jersey and made popular in Columbia, South Carolina

Dooko -- A slang term used by Abu-sufianists to describe marijuana

Doobie or Doob -- a spliff

Doobie Snacks -- a comical term for a Spliff

Dope -- sometimes a generic term for illegal drugs in general

Doshia (sometimes spelled Dolja)

Doug or Doug Funnie-- a refrence to the cartoon, used often in the southern part of Michigan. Used to talk about marijuana secertivly. Hanging out or Talking to doug is the act of smoking

Draw

Dread

Dro -- short for hydro (reference to it being grown hydroponically)

Dub -- a $20 bag of marijuana

Dub Quap -- Half pound of marijuana; Virginia slang

Dutchie -- a blunt made from a Dutch Master Cigar.

Dustwallow Marsh -- named after Dustwallow Marsh in World of WarCraft; high-quality cannabis

Eighth -- an eighth of an ounce of marijuana (or 3.5 grams)

Elbow -- One LB of Marijuana

Electric Puha -- from New Zealand, named after the Puha plant

Endo -- a term for marijuana made popular in west coast rap by rappers like Dr. Dre

Exotics -- a term for marijuana of high quality and not found around the area

Faded -- slang for being under the influence of marijuana.

Fat Sack -- a large quantity of marijuana found within a single bag

Fatty-- used in North Carolina referring to a fat blunt or sometimes called a pregnant blunt

Fifty -- eighth-ounce of high quality marijuana; denotes street price of "$50"

Fire -- very potent marijuana; also, marijuana that produces a strong burning sensation when deeply inhaled; also, marijuana with lots of red hairs

Firebush -- very potent and extremely moist marijuana that does not dry out easily; also covered in red hairs that chafe off of the bud with the slightest touch

Flack Juice

Food -- A code name for cannabis in the exchange process. usually in phone conversations. e.g., "Got any food?"

Friend

Frueben -- Having the "munchies"

Fruit

Funk

Gage

Ganj -- a shortened variant of Ganja

Ganja -- an Indian term; rather common in all Indian Languages

Gerp

Gear -- a general term for the drug; used with most forms the drug comes in

Giggly Sticks -- slang for joints

Glaze -- the act of smoking marijuana

Good Goods -- from Charles Mann

Grain

Grand Pants

Grass

Green

Green cheesy wham

Green day -- a full day spent smoking from dawn till dusk and later; Green Day is also the name of a popular band

Green Funk

Green Goblin

Green Penis -- from Tampa Florida

Grim Creeper

Grimmy

Gweeler

Hairy Ogre -- high quality potent marijuana

Half A Sandwich -- 1/2 ounce of cannabis

Half Eighth (Half E) -- 1/16 of an ounce or 1.7 grams of cannabis

Half Quarter -- 1/8 ounce of cannabis. Term popular in the Niagara Region of Southern Ontario.

Halfy -- 1/2 ounce of cannabis

Half Track-- half an 8th (1/16th of an ounce) of cannabis

Hameni

Hang Liu -- slang term used in Chinese communities for high-end marijuana

Harry Potter

Hash -- short for hashish

Hashish -- Arabic term for a solid resin form of THC, made from Marijuana buds and leaves.

Haze -- a certain, often very potent strand of marijuana. Purple Haze is a type of Haze.

Headies

Heady Nugs -- Heady or "headies" means a type of high quality marijuana that a dealer keeps for his own smoke or "head", as opposed to selling it.

Heat

Henry -- UK term for 1/8 ounce of marijuana, from King Henry VIII

Hemp

Herb -- from the appearance of dried cannabis; extensively used in Jamaica (pronounced 'erb)

Herbals (sometimes colloquially spelled as Herbalz)

High

High-Grade-- expensive marijuana with a high THC content; often Kind-Bud

Hippie Lettuce-- used commonly on "The Jungle Radio Show with Jim Rome"

Hog-Leg-- a fat joint or blunt that resembles the stubby/thick leg of a hog

Holy-Roller -- a joint rolled with bible paper

Home Grown -- fresh picked marijuana, or marijuana grown inside a house, with the exception of a greenhouse.

Honeycomb -- a particular type of joint created through rolling several small joints together (ideally resembling the structure of a honeycomb when viewed in cross-section).

Hooter -- a joint

Hoots -- can mean joints, or bud not yet rolled into joints/ Normally refers to a hit on dose

Hooda

Hydro -- short for hydroponics, a method of growing marijuana indoors using a nutrient solution in lieu of soil

Ice Cream -- used in telephone conversation to avoid illicit terminology, im going to "eat" that "ice cream" out of a bowl

Indian -- a game in which one person takes a drag from a joint, blunt, etc., while the other holds it in and cannot release air until the other finished their hit

Ish

J -- abbreviation for a marijuana joint

Janjaweed -- taken from the Janjaweed, the armed militia group found in Darfur; a pun combination of both ganja and weed

Jax -- a £5 bag of cannabis.

Jib Jab-- a joint

Jonko -- Dutch term

Judy Fly -- a marijuana joint or cigar with a bit of cocaine powder added

Jungle -- a term describing a joint comprised of a mixture of cannabis and hashish

K.B. -- short for Kine-Bud (also, Kind-Bud or Kynd-Bud)

K.G.B. -- killer-green-bud

Kaya -- a strain of marijuana known for being used by Bob Marley

Killer -- kind bud (also marijuana laced with PCP)

Kill -- the end of a joint. eg "kill that shit". also short for killer marijuana (i.e. the kill)

Kilroy

Kind-Bud -- a high-grade and usually expensive strain of marijuana; often grown indoors

Kind

Kolto

Kona Gold -- a high quality weed grown on the Kona Coast of the Big Island of Hawaii.

Kraut

Kryptonite -- from the green substance that weakens Superman

Kynd -- a European variant of Kind

L -- a marijuana cigar (see Blunt)

La-LaLa

Lang -- Coined in North Kingstown, Rhode Island circa 2005

Leaf

Left Handed Cigarette -- a marijuana joint

Leon Mcarthy-For very powerful weed

Lid -- a bag of weed

Longbottom Leaf -- referring to the Longbottom Leaf smoked throughout the Lord of the Rings

Lows -- low-grade marijuana that is usually cheap and not very potent.

Manitoba Hydro -- Slang name for marijuana produced hydroponically in the Canadian Province of Manitoba. "Manitoba Hydro" is the name of the publicly-owned electric power utlity in Manitoba; the use of large amounts of electricity to run a hydroponic operation inspired the name.

Marihuana (variant of Marijuana)

Marijuana -- word originates in Mexican Spanish

Mary Jane -- literal translation of Marijuana

Maui Wowie -- high quality weed grown on the island of Maui, Hawaii

Meck -- low quality weed from mexico

Mersh -- Slang for 'Commercial"

Methtical -- hip-hop slang from the rap-group The Wu-Tang Clan

Mid-Grade -- marijuana which is above-average but below high-grade in terms of potency

Middies -- a variant of Mid-Grade (also spelled Middys)

"Mids"-- another variant of "Mid-Grade"

M.J. -- short for Mary Jane

Mull -- Australian term

Nederweed -- varieties of high quality cannabis developed in the Netherlands, esp. Amsterdam.

Neihe -- pronounced "near-he"; originated in Trinidad (Monos Island); neihe is usually shouted out in the duttiest fashion possible

Nine-bar -- Nine ounces of cannabis.

Nordle -- from the autobiography of the world's largest cannabis smuggler, 'Mr Nice' Howard Marks.

Nug -- term for exotic marijuana

Nuggets -- resinous Nuggets of cannabis buds

Nuggs -- shortened variant of Nuggets

Nugglets -- comic variant of Nuggs

O -- abbreviation for an ounce of marijuanas

Ooh-Wee -- weed that makes the smoker act "crazy"

Onion -- slang meaning ounce used only to avoid more obvious connotations when using the more common term "O"

Ooot -- Slang term for cannabis cigarette

Oscar -- Ounce of Marijuana (Australia)

Oregano -- Very bad Marijuana, named so for its similarity to the herb

Orange Cat -- Usually reserved for the O-zone and at least 50% of car rides. Can occasionally be used to mean really potent marijuana, but more often than not is used to reference a really potent dude. IE: "Say, Orange Cat, how does the pill feel in there? Pretty good? I thought so."

Phat Sack -- a large quantity of marijuana found within a single bag

Piet -- joint in Holland

Pito -- Chilean Term

Po-Pa -- slang for marijuana or the act of smoking marijuana

Pollo -- joint in Puerto Rico

Poke Smot -- a semi-(spoonerism), as opposed to smoke pot; used frequently in Waterloo, Ontario

Poor Man's Hash -- black stuff from stem of pipe or bong, when smoked

Porro -- Argentinian term

Pot -- from Mexican Spanish Potiguaya, cannabis leaves; very common slang

Pothead -- Frequent cannabis smoker

Punders -- Makes your pubic hairs fall out

Purple -- a very high quality marijuana that turns purple from growing the marijuana in a cold location. in warm, humid countries they use air conditioning units to lower the room temperature e.g. the SF Bay Area

Purple Urple -- stemming from the strain Purple Kush common use in rap lyrics V-town

Purps -- short for "Purple Haze," an extremely potent strain

Q -- a quarter ounce of marijuana 7gm.

QP -- a quarter pound of marijuana 112gm.

Quap -- a quarter pound of marijuana 112gm.

Quarter -- 1/4 ounce of marijuana.

Rasta Plant -- from the Rastafari movement

Reef -- a shortened variant of Reefer

Reefer -- A generic name for marijuana, generally, better than schwag. In some contexts, it refers specifically to a cannabis cigarette with no tobacco

Regs -- "Regular" marijuana, not high-quality.

R.G.B. -- Really Good Bud; a term for marijuana that is better than schwag but not as good as KGB

Rube -- Marijuana

Rope -- a joint, "smoke a rope"

Salad -- separate strains of cannabis mixed and smoked together, or a joint of cannabis and hashish

Schwag -- below-average marijuana which is usually very cheap; schwag is often smuggled in to the USA from Mexico (Mexican Brick Schwag); many teenagers begin their "marijuana experience" smoking schwag because it is extremely cheap and very accessible to the general public

Score -- £20 worth of marijuana

Scraps -- Specific term used to describe the low grade parts of the plant (ie stalks)

Scruebed -- Extremely high

Sensi -- a shortened variant of Sensemilla

Sensemilia -- Spanish sin semilla, "without seeds"; unfertilized female cannabis buds

Session, Sesh a smoke out session

Sess (sometimes spelled as Cess) see "schwag"

Shake -- loose cannabis flakes that have fallen off of the bud into the bottom of the bag; also known as scrapes

Shake n' Bake -- Smoking Marijuana after engaging in sexual intercourse

Shifty -- Common effect of extensive cannabis use, resulting in: quietness, staring into space, grinning.

Sizzla -- potent marijuana

Skunk -- a particular cannabis strain; from its distinctive, skunky smell

Smoke a sac -- to smoke some marijuana

Snoop Dogg and his Dogg Pound Gangstaville sack of extraordinary trees -- that double triple dank, but you've got to keep it real cool.

Spliff -- a joint mixed with tobacco (from either a cigarette or rolling tobacco)

Stank -- highly aromatic marijuana

Stick -- $25 worth of marijuana, also called a Twenty-Fiver

Sticky -- marijuana that is particularly resinous

Sticky Icky -- marijuana that is particularly resinous

Sticky Black -- (or sticky brown) used to refer to particually sticky resin

Stress -- lower grade marijuana characterized by the presence of seeds and stems

Striijj -- pronounced "Streeeege," from slang used in Toronto, Canada

Stuff -- often used over the phone for those buyers/sellers paranoid or wary of being busted by the police

Swamp Grass -- term used in Florida for pot grown by country-boys/rednecks in the backwood areas

SWED- Smoke -- Weed Every Day

Sweet Leaf -- Term used by the band Black Sabbath.

Sweets -- Used in conjunction with "sweet tooth." (When one has a craving for the drug)

Tack -- Southeast Irish term for hashish

Tai Alon -- Term used in Northeast, esp. New Jersey and Massachusetts, after well known marijuana enthusiast.

Tea -- early 20th-century slang

Ten Draw -- half an 1/8th of an ounce, equal to £10

The Shit That Killed Elvis-- really dank shit from down souf'

The J O Experience-- A legendary gathering of individuals to join together and experience/enjoy the smoking of cannabis

Throw Bread-- to smoke marijuana; one can also toss-a-slice

Time -- often used over the phone, as in: How much time do you need?

Tical -- slang term for medicinal marijuana. coined by rap-group The Wu-Tang Clan and more specifically Method Man.

Toob -- A bong

Towels -- reference to South Park character Towelie

Trees -- from the resemblance of marijuana buds to leafy tree-greens

Tro -- 1/8 oz. (3.5 gram) bag of marijuana

Turtle -- slang term. coined by rapper E-40. the term is derived from how marijuana is green and makes you slow.

Twenty-Fiver -- $25 worth of marijuana, also called a stick

Twenty Twen Twen -- From the movie Friday

Two-Fiver -- $25 worth of marijuana

Twomp -- $20 worth of marijuana

Wacky Tabacky -- from tobacco

Wag -- shortened from Schwag

Wake 'n' Bake -- To smoke right when you wake up, sometimes before even getting out of bed.

White Widow -- a strain of marijuana from Amsterdam with white hairs.

Willie Pants -- spilling marijuana on pants while rolling a joint

woof -- rhymes with choof, an Australian term

Yandi -- (rhymes with Gandhi and is Australian Aboriginal term)

Z -- one ounce of Marijuana

Zen Corn Dog -- Marijuana smoked with pipe tobacco from a briar or meerschaum pipe

Zip -- One Oz of Marijuana

Zone -- One Oz of Marijuana

Zoot -- a joint of marijuana, popular in the UK

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Cigarette

100 -- A 100 size cigarette

50 -- An regular cigarette

Backwards

Baccy Loose cut tobacoo

Bad boy

Bay-bays

Baynards

Backwards

Blemdem

Browndizzle

Browndem

Boges

Bogeys

Butt

Burn - In UK Prisons " you have any Burn?" is do you have any tobacco.

Clove

Cancer sticks

Cancers

Cats

Cigs

Ciggies'

Ciglers UK

Ciggy wiggy dillies

Chop Chop - Australian term for black market tobacco

Coffin nails

Cowboy killers(only for Marlboros)

Dangs

Darts

Deathstick

Digs

Decks - NW England (refers to the number in a pack, i.e., 10 Deck, 20 Deck)

"Dirt"

Drag

Dugans - especially in NYC

Durries - in Australia

Grits

Freedom Sticks

Gaspers

Glory Sticks

Gorts

Grout

Grants - A common phrase used for asking someone for a cigarette is "Can you grant me a grant?

Fags - the term "fag" is used more commonly in the United Kingdom and some commonwealth countries whereas in the United States and Canada it is primarily a derogatory term for a male homosexual

Grout

Gwan gwigs

Hairy rags

Hausersticks

Joes - taken from "Joe Camel", an old Camel cigarettes mascot

Jom - taken from the huts of dover, used widely among singaporean teens

Jacks

Lamps

Loosey - a single cigarette

Nail (As in 'Nail in My Coffin')

Magic Dragons

Lung darts

Nigger Sticks - A slang term for Newport (Hundreds) cigarettes

P-Funks - A slang term for Parliaments

Pizza Pops

Port - short for Newport

Pucho - mapudungun term which means 'leftovers, actually much used to refer to cigarretes

Red - short for Marlboro Red

Jacks

Refries - already used cigarettes being relit and smoked

Rollies - self-rolled cigarettes

Ronnies - in UK

Saves - when you give the last two or three drags on a cigarette

Scallywags

Short - A regular size cigarette

Shorts - The last 2 or 3 hits of a cigarette

Smigarette

Smok

Smokey Treats

Smokes

Smurt - the remains of found, discarded cigarette butts hand-rolled into a cigarette

Snouts

Square - cigarettes lose their cylindrical shape and become rectangular prisms when a full pack of cigarettes is "packed". This term may also refer to the shape of a pack of cigarettes before filters came into fashion.

Steeze

Stoages - Chicago slang

Snout

Stick

Stogies

Stokes

Stompies - South Africa

Straights - for factory rolled ones

Super Saves - when you give the very last drag to a friend - UK

Sweet cancer

Tabs - NE England

Tailors - short for "tailor made" (machine rolled), only in New Zealand and Australia

Troggs - in L.A.

Twos - Smoking only half of the cigerette and giving the other half to a friend, used in the UK

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Cocaine

256 - "BLO" on a telephone keypad

51 -- marijuana joint rolled with cocaine --Detroit area

7 up -- 7 grams (1/4 ounce)

8 ball -- 3.5 grams (1/8 ounce)

A1-Yola

Balls Mahoney

Bernice

Bing or Bing Crosby -- Boston area

Blow-- coke (NOTE: blow is becoming a more common way to refer to snorted heroin)

Bogota Bullion

Bolivian Marching Powder

Booger Sugar

Brooke Shields - Bay Area reference

Butter Sandwich(es) - Philadelphia area

California Cornflakes

Cane

Chabbie

Chach

Champagne - from its nickname "the champagne of stimulants"

Chandi - Indian Street term to define cocaine, meaning pleasure + paradise + winning emotions

Chang

Charlie

Chaz

Cheddar

Chinese Sky Candy

Ching -- resembling a cash-register, because of how expensive cocaine is

Clarkycat

Co-ca-ee-na (phonetic, from Spanish)

Coca-Cola

Coco-Puff - marijuanna joint rolled with cocaine