The Glossary

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Grass marijuana

Coke cocaine

Powder – usually heroin, sometimes cocaine

Smoke marijuana or heroin

Dust – Angel Dust, i.e., phencyclidine (PCP)

Weed marijuana

Acid – LSD, i.e., lysergic acid diethylamide

Speed amphetamine

Poppers – usually amyl nitrite, an inhalant often combined with ecstasy or cocaine

Luckies Lucky Strike cigarettes

Pink Lady – a drink made from Gin, egg whites, and cream

Junkheroin

Coke 'n aspirin – once falsely believed to be a date rape drug

The Vapors – old euphemism for hysteria, depression, bipolar disorder, etc.

Mutt and Jeff – an American comic strip, 1907-1982

Amyl Nitrate – common misidentification of amyl nitrite

Horseheroin

Roach – the remnants of a marijuana cigarette

French Connection – a heroin smuggling route from Turkey to France to the US

Eddie Duchin – popular American bandleader in the 30s and 40s

Rabbi Weiss – a Jewish political leader and activist from New York

Mary Baker Eddy founder of the Christian Scientists

Hash – the very potent paste-like resin from marijuana

Tea marijuana or PCP

Fudge, Muffin – in this case, baked goods containing marijuana

 

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