| Street
Name |
Chemical Name |
DA |
Notes |
L |
|
shabu |
methamphetamine hydrochloride |
ST |
. |
N |
|
shit |
heroin |
S |
. |
N |
|
shooting gallery |
. |
. |
A place to shoot up without risk of being seen by police
or public |
. |
|
shooting up |
. |
. |
Injecting a drug into a vein |
. |
|
shot |
. |
. |
Having a shot = injecting a drug |
. |
|
skunk |
cannabis |
S |
Hydroponically grown; higher THC |
N |
|
smack |
heroin |
S |
. |
N |
|
smashed |
. |
. |
Affected by drugs; see `out of it' |
. |
|
snort |
. |
. |
To inhale drugs in powder form through the nose |
. |
|
snow |
cocaine |
ST |
. |
N |
|
snow cone |
. |
. |
Heroin, cocaine or speed smoked with marijuana |
N |
|
soft drugs |
. |
. |
Cannabis is regarded as a soft drug |
. |
|
spaced out |
. |
. |
See `out of it'; difficult to communicate with them |
. |
|
special K |
ketamine hydrochloride |
H |
Used for human and veterinary anaesthetic |
P |
|
speed |
amphetamine |
ST |
May
refer to ephedrine (prescription, not commonly prescribed)
or pseudoephedrine (Sudafed) available over the
counter |
N |
|
speedball |
cocaine and heroin combined |
. |
. |
N |
|
spliff |
. |
. |
Marijuana cigarette |
. |
|
stash |
. |
. |
Hiding place for drugs; personal supply of drugs |
. |
| Sterafit |
. |
. |
Syringe (or injecting kit) with safe disposal device for
used syringe |
Y |
|
stoned |
. |
. |
Under the influence of a drug especially cannabis or heroin |
. |
|
straight |
. |
. |
Someone who does not use drugs |
. |
|
strawberries |
lysergic acid diethylamide |
H |
. |
N |
|
strung out |
. |
. |
Having withdrawal symptoms when drug cannot be obtained |
. |
|
swab |
. |
. |
Alcohol swab used to clean injection site |
Y |
|
tabs |
lysergic acid diethylamide |
H |
. |
N |
|
take away |
. |
. |
A dose of methadone to take home for the following day(s) |
P |
|
taste |
. |
. |
An injectable drug dose, usually heroin (to have a taste) |
. |
|
tea |
cannabis |
S |
. |
. |
|
ten mil (10ml) |
. |
. |
A 10ml syringe barrel; also 5ml and 20ml |
Y |
|
three pack |
. |
. |
Fitpack
with 3 syringes; also available in 5s and 10s |
Y |
|
toke |
. |
. |
A drag or puff on a marijuana cigarette |
. |
|
track marks |
. |
. |
Marks from bruising when injecting frequently into the
same vein |
. |
|
tracks |
. |
. |
Marks from bruising when injecting frequently into the
same vein |
. |
|
trip |
. |
. |
The `high' from a hallucinogen, e.g. LSD |
. |
|
trips |
lysergic acid diethylamide |
H |
. |
N |
|
uppers |
amphetamine |
ST |
. |
N |
|
user |
. |
. |
Someone who uses drugs, especially heroin |
|
|
vals |
diazepam |
S |
Valium |
Y |
|
wasted |
. |
. |
Tired or hung over after drug use or badly affected by
a drug use |
. |
|
water |
. |
. |
Ampoule of sterile water used for dissolving drugs in |
Y |
|
wax |
amphetamine |
ST |
. |
N |
|
weed |
cannabis |
S |
. |
N |
|
weight |
. |
. |
A measurement of a drug, usually 1 gram |
. |
|
whizz |
amphetamine |
ST |
. |
N |
|
wired |
. |
. |
To be high on a stimulant |
. |
|
works |
. |
. |
A syringe and may include water and spoon |
Y |
|
XTC |
ecstasy designer drug |
ST |
. |
N |
|
ya ba |
. |
ST |
Amphetamine mixture popular in Thailand |
N |
|
yarni |
cannabis |
S |
. |
N |
