Slang & Street Names
This stimulant is often called "coke," "blow," or "snow."
What is Cocaine?
This class of drugs, which includes morphine and oxycodone, is primarily used for pain relief.
What are opioids?
This 1936 propaganda film famously depicted marijuana as a drug that causes madness and violence.
What is reefer madness?
This medication is used as an emergency treatment to reverse an opioid overdose.
What is naloxone?
These are substances like glue or gasoline that are breathed in to produce a rapid high.
What is inhalants?
"Smack," "horse," and "junk" are common nicknames for this potent opioid.
What is Heroin?
These types of drugs speed up the central nervous system, increasing alertness and heart rate.
What is stimulants?
This "Summer of Love" decade saw a massive rise in the use of psychedelic drugs in the U.S.
What is the late 1960's?
This term refers to the physical and mental symptoms that occur after stopping a drug abruptly.
What is withdrawal?
This "date rape" drug is a central nervous system depressant that is often odorless and tasteless.
What is GHB?
On the street, this hallucinogen is often referred to as "acid."
What is LSD?
This is the primary psychoactive compound found in the cannabis plant.
What is THC?
He was the Harvard professor who famously encouraged youth to "Turn on, tune in, drop out."
Who was Timothy Leary?
Often called "The 12 Steps," this famous support group was founded in 1935
What is Alcoholics Anonymous?
This dissociative anesthetic is often referred to as "Special K."
What is Ketamine?
This drug is known as "ice" or "glass" due to its translucent, rock-like appearance.
What is crystal methamphetamine?
This synthetic opioid is up to 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine.
What is Fentanyl?
In 1971, President Richard Nixon officially declared a "War on" this.
What is drugs?
This organ is most commonly damaged by long-term, heavy alcohol or drug metabolism.
What is the liver?
This is the botanical name for the poppy plant from which opium is derived.
What is Papaver somniferum?
The club drug MDMA is most commonly known by these two nicknames.
What is ecstasy and molly?
This term describes the phenomenon where a person needs more of a drug to achieve the same effect.
What is drug tolerance?
This 19th-century conflict began after China attempted to suppress the illegal trade of this drug by the British.
What is the opium wars?
This harm-reduction strategy involves providing clean equipment to prevent the spread of HIV and Hepatitis C.
What is SSPS?
Known as "the spirit molecule," this powerful psychedelic is the active ingredient in Ayahuasca.
What is DMT?