Street Names for Drugs

Learning the lingo can help you understand whether someone you love is talking about drugs and what drugs they might be using or even combining. We’ve listed formal names for drugs and street names in the tables below to help you demystify what some of these terms mean. [1]

Cannabis 

Formal NameStreet NamesMarijuana (loose)420
Aunt Mary
Bud
Chronic
Dope
Ganja
Grass
Green
Herb
Hydro
Jane
Mary Jane
Pot
SkunkMarijuana (rolled)Blunt
Joint
Reefer
Spliff
SmokeHashishDabs
Gangster
Hash

CNS Depressants 

Formal NameStreet NameAlcoholBooze
Bottle
Drink
Firewater
Grog
Hooch
Juice
Liquid Courage
Rotgut
Sauce
SpiritClonazepam (Klonopin)Benzo
Chill Pill
K
K-Pin
Nerve Pin
Super ValiumChlordiazepoxide (Librium)Candy
Downers
Sleeping Pills
TranksDiazepam (Valium)Eggs
Jellies
Moggies
Vallies

GHB (gamma hydroxybutyrate)Blue Nitro
Cherry Meth
Georgia Home Boy
GHB
Grievous Bodily Harm
Liquid Ecstasy
Soap
ScoopFlunitrazepam (Rohypnol)Circles
Date Rape Drug
Forget-Me Pill
Lunch Money
Mind Eraser
Rib
Roaches
Roapies
Roofies
Ruffies
Wolfies

Secobarbital (Seconal)Block Busters
Christmas Trees
Downers
Red Devils
RedsPentobarbital (Nembutal)Barbs
Downers
Phennies
Reds
Red birds
Yellow jacketsPhenobarbital (Luminal; Nembutal)Downers
Phennies
Trangs

CNS Stimulants 

Formal NameStreet NameAmphetamine (Adderall)A-Train
Addie
Amps
Bennies
Christmas Tree
Co-Pilot
LA Turnaround
Smarties
Smart Pills
Speed
Truck Drivers
UppersCocaineBlow
Bump
Candy
Charlie
Coca
Coke
Flake
Snow
TootCrack CocaineBlack Rock
Crack
Gravel
Rock
Supercoke
Window paneMethamphetamineChalk
Cristina
Cookies
Crank
Crystal
Crystal Meth
Fire
Gak
Ice
Meth
No Doze
Poor Man’s Coke
Redneck Cocaine
Rocket Fuel
Speed
Tina
Trash
White Cross

Dissociative Anesthetics  

Formal NameStreet NameKetamineCat Tranquilizer
Cat Valium
Honey Oil
Jet
Keller
Kelly’s Day
Kit Kat
Special K
Special La Coke
Super Acid
Vitamin KPCPAngel Dust
Animal Tranquilizer
Bella Donna
Boat
Embalming Fluid
Hog
Killer Weed
Love Boat
Worm
Ozone
Peace Pill
Shermans
WackDextromethorphanCCC
Cousin
DXM
Poor Man’s PCP
Red Devil
Robo
Sizzurp
Skittles
Triple C

Hallucinogens 

Formal NameStreet NameLSDAcid
Blotter Acid
Dots
Haze
Headlights
Heavenly Blue
Instant Zen
Jesus Christ Acid
Kaleidoscope
Leary
Lens
Lime Acid
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
Mellow YellowMDMAAdam
Beans
Candy
Clarity
Dancing Shoes
Disco Biscuits
E
Ecstasy
Eve
Happy Pills
Hug
Love Drug
Lover’s Speed
Molly
Smartees
Vitamin X
XPeyoteButtons
Cactus
Half Moon
Mesc
Nubs
ShamanPsilocybinMagic Mushroom
Mushroom
Purple Passion
Shrooms

Narcotic Analgesics 

Formal NameStreet NameBuprenorphine (Suboxone)Big Whites
Bup
Buse
Oranges
Small Whites
Sobos
Strips
SubsCodeineCaptain Cody
Cody
Lean
Little C
Purple Drank
SchoolboyFentanyl (Actiq)Apache
China Girl
China Town
China White
Dance Fever
Goodfella
Great Bear
He-Man
Jackpot
Murder 8
Poison
Tango and Cash
TNTHeroinBeast
China White
Dope
H
Horse
Black Tar
Skag
Smack
Junk

Hydrocodone (Vicodin)Bananas
Dro
Tabs
Vike
Watson-387
357Hydromorphone (Dilaudid)Big D
Dillies
Dust
Footballs
Juice
M-80s
Peaches
SmackMeperidine (Demerol)Demmies
Dillies
DustMethadone (Dolophine)Amidone
Dolls
Dollies
Fizzies
Mud
Red Rock
Tootsie RollsMorphine (MS Contin)Dreamer
Emsel
First Line
God’s Drug
Hows
Miss Emma
Mister Blue
Morpho
Monkey
Unkie
White Stuff

Oxycodone (OxyContin; Percocet)Blueberries
Greenies
Hillbilly Heroin
Kickers
O.C.
Oxycotton
Oxy
Oxycet
Percs
Rims
Roxy
TiresOxymorphone (Opana)Biscuits
Blue Heaven
Mrs. O
O Bomb
Octagon
Stop SignsOpiumAunti
Aunti Emma
Big O
Black Pill
Chandu
Chinese Molasses
Chinese Tobacco
Dopium
Dream Gun
Drop
Dover’s Powder
Guma
Midnight OilTramadol (Ultram)Chill Pills
Trammies
Ultras

A Constantly Evolving List of Street Names

The list of common street names for drugs is continually evolving.[2] If you hear a loved one using these terms, it can be the prompt to start a conversation about drug use. It could be the first step toward them getting help if they are struggling with substance use.