Drug Addiction and Street Names

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Each illegal drug has a number of different street names associated with it, sometimes just serving as nicknames while other times describing the region of origin. For example, “blow” is a universal monicker for cocaine, and “Mexican black tar” describes black tar heroin hailing from across the border.

Cocaine: Common names for cocaine include blow, candy, cock, freeze, happy dust, mojo, nose, shot, snow, sugar and white powder. “Crack” refers to a smokeable form of cocaine, which is also known as beat, casper, chalk, gravel, kryptonite, moon rock, scrabble and tornado.

Depressant Drugs: Common names for depressants taken illegally include backwards, downie, green dragons, joy juice, M&M, peanut, red bullets, stumbler and yellow.

Fentanyl: Fentanyl is also known as apache, china town, friend, great bear, jackpot, murder 8, tango & cash and TNT.

GHB: GHB, which stands for Gamma-hydroxybutyric acid, is also known as cherry meth, easy lay, gamma hydrate, grievous bodily harm, liquid X, sodium oxybate and soap.

Heroin: Heroin is also referred to as black pearl, big H, capital H, brown sugar, china white, good horse, dope, hard stuff, heroina, hero, mud, little boy, smack, perfect high and tar.

Inhalants: Inhaling chemicals is also known as air blast, boppers, climax, hardware, high ball, heart on, honey oil, laughing gas, huff, moon gas, medusa, thrust, satan’s secret and whiteout.

Ketamine: Ketamine is also known as cat valium, cat killer, honey oil, ket, special K, super acid and vitamin K.

LSD: Also known as Lysergic acid diethylamide, LSD is also referred to as acid, blotter, cubes, golden dragon, paper acid, superman, pink robots, yellow sunshine and twenty-five.

Marijuana: Marijuana is also called boom, chornic, ganja, grass, hash, herb, mary jane, rip, skunk, reefer, root, weed and zambi.

Meth: Methamphetamines are also referred to as beanies, chalk, crank, CR, crystal meth, crystal, granulated orange, meth, Mexican crack, rock, pink, speckled birds, tina, speed and yellow powder.

PCP: PCP or Phencyclidine is also known as angel dust, black whack, belladonna, cliffhanger, Detroit pink, hog, elephant tranquilizer, Peter Pan, soma, sheets, trank, zoom and white horizon.

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5 Drug Addiction Myths

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There are a lot of myths floating around when it comes to drug addiction as well as substance abuse. Rather than fall prey to misinformation, consider these five drug addiction myths and the real truth about each one.

Drug Addiction Myth #1: Anyone can overcome a drug addiction with a little bit of willpower. Anyone with an addiction can stop if they really choose to. This is a myth! The truth is, when you are exposed to drugs for a prolonged period of time, your brain is altered in a way that forces compulsion and cravings. These changes make it near impossible to quit doing drugs just based on sheer willpower.

Drug Addiction Myth #2: Addiction is just a disease, and there is nothing that you can do to stop it. This is another myth! While addiction may be a brain disease, it does not mean that you are helpless to stop it from controlling you. You can treat and reverse any brain changes that drug addiction causes through medication, therapy, exercise and other types of treatments.

Drug Addiction Myth #3: Addicts cannot get better until hitting “rock bottom”. This is also a myth! Recovery can begin any time during the addiction process as long as the addict accepts help. The earlier that the recovery occurs the better. Intervention should not wait until the very last moment.

Drug Addiction Myth #4: Addicts have to want to seek help, you cannot simply force them into treatment. Myth! A treatment for substance abuse addiction can be successful without necessarily being voluntary. When you pressure an addict into treatment, they are just as likely to reap the benefits of treatment as someone who enters into rehab all on their own. Sobriety clears thinking and sober addicts make better decisions.

Drug Addiction Myth #5: If treatment has not worked, it will not work. There is no hopeless case. Recovery from a substance abuse problem can be a long process, and setbacks do happen. Relapse does not mean that the addict is a failure, and it absolutely does not prevent them from being successful later.

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