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The following table (courtesy of the Office of National Drug Control Policy -- http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/streetterms ) is the most complete one out there. Street drug language changes all of the time, so as soon as a list is published it’s somewhat out of date, so this list is one part history and one part current events.

Street Term

Definition

Street Term

Definition

3750

Marijuana and crack rolled in a joint

J

Marijuana cigarette

A-bomb

Marijuana cigarette with heroin or opium

Jamaican gold

Marijuana

Acapulco gold

Marijuana from S.W. Mexico; marijuana

Jane

Marijuana

Acapulco red

Marijuana

Jay

Marijuana cigarette

Ace

Marijuana cigarette; PCP

Jay smoke

Marijuana

Afgani indica

Marijuana

Jefferson airplane

Used match cut in half to hold a partially smoked marijuana cigarette

African

Marijuana

Jim Jones

Marijuana laced with cocaine and PCP

African black

Marijuana

Jive

Marijuana; heroin; drugs

African bush

Marijuana

Jive stick

Marijuana

African woodbine

Marijuana cigarette

Joint

Marijuana cigarette

Airhead

Marijuana user

Jolly green

Marijuana

Airplane

Marijuana

Joy smoke

Marijuana

Alice B. Toklas

Marijuana brownie

Joy stick

Marijuana cigarette

Amp

Amphetamine; marijuana dipped in formaldehyde or embalming fluid, sometimes laced with PCP and smoked

Ju-ju

Marijuana cigarette

Amp joint

Marijuana cigarette laced with some form of narcotic

Juan Valdez (Spanish)

Marijuana

Angola

Marijuana

Juanita (Spanish)

Marijuana

Are you anywhere?

Do you use marijuana?

Juice joint

Marijuana cigarette sprinkled with crack

Ashes

Marijuana

Juja

Marijuana

Assassin of Youth

Marijuana

Jumbos

Large vials of crack sold on the streets; marijuana mixed with crack

Astro turf

Marijuana

Kalakit

Marijuana

Atom bomb

Marijuana mixed with heroin

Kali

Marijuana

Atshitshi

Marijuana

Kansas Grass

Marijuana

Aunt Mary

Marijuana

Kate bush

Marijuana

B

Amount of marijuana to fill a matchbox

Kaya

Marijuana

B-40

Cigar laced with marijuana and dipped in malt liquor

Kee

Marijuana

Baby

Marijuana

Kentucky blue

Marijuana

Baby bhang

Marijuana

Key

Marijuana

Bad seed

Marijuana; Heroin; peyote

KGB (killer green bud)

Marijuana

Bag

Container for drugs; a package of drugs, usually marijuana or heroin; a person's favorite drug

Ki

Marijuana

Bale

Marijuana

Kick stick

Marijuana cigarette

Bamba

Marijuana

Kiff

Marijuana cigarette

Bambalacha

Marijuana

Killer

Marijuana; PCP

Bammies

A poor quality of marijuana

Killer green bud

Marijuana

Bammy

Marijuana

Killer weed (1980's)

Marijuana and PCP

Banano

Marijuana or tobacco cigarettes laced with cocaine

Kilter

Marijuana

Bar

Marijuana

Kind

Marijuana

Bash

Marijuana

King bud

Marijuana

Basuco (Spanish)

Cocaine; Coca paste residue sprinkled on regular or marijuna cigarette

Kumba

Marijuana

Bazooka

Cocaine; crack; crack and tobacco combined in a joint; coca paste and marijuana

L.L.

Marijuana

Beedies

Cigarettes from India (resemble marijuana joints/vehicle for other drugs)

Lace

Cocaine and marijuana

Belyando spruce

Marijuana

Lakbay diva

Marijuana

Bhang

Marijuana, Indian term

Laughing grass

Marijuana

Bite one's lips

To smoke marijuana

Laughing weed

Marijuana

Black

Marijuana; opium

Leaf

Cocaine; Marijuana

Black bart

Marijuana

Leak

Marijuana/PCP combination

Black ganga

Marijuana resin

Leno (Spanish)

Marijuana

Black gold

High potency marijuana

Lid

1 ounce of marijuana

Black gungi

Marijuana from India

Light stuff

Marijuana

Black gunion

Marijuana

Lima

Marijuana

Black mo/black moat

Highly potent marijuana

Liprimo

Marijuana and crack rolled in a joint

Black mote

Marijuana mixed with honey

Little smoke

Marijuana; LSD; psilocybin/psilocin

Black rock

Crack Cocaine

Llesca

Marijuana

Blanket

Marijuana cigarette

Loaf

Marijuana

Blast

Cocaine; Smoke crack; Marijuana; smoke marijuana or crack

Lobo

Marijuana

Blast a joint

To smoke marijuana

Loco (Spanish)

Marijuana

Blast a roach

To smoke marijuana

Loco Weed (Spanish)

Marijuana

Blast a stick

To smoke marijuana

Locoweed

Marijuana

Block

Marijuana

Log

Marijuana cigarette; PCP

Blonde

Marijuana

Love boat

Marijuana dipped in formaldehyde; PCP; blunts mixed with marijuana and heroin; blunts mixed with marijuana and PCP

Blow

Cocaine; to inhale cocaine; to smoke marijuana

Love leaf

Marijuana/PCP combination

Blow a stick

To smoke marijuana

Love weed

Marijuana

Blow one's roof

To smoke marijuana

Lovelies

Marijuana laced with PCP

Blowing smoke

Marijuana

Lubage

Marijuana

Blue de hue

Marijuana from Vietnam

M

Marijuana; morphine

Blue sage

Marijuana

M.J.

Marijuana

Blue sky blond

High potency marijuna from Colombia

M.O.

Marijuana

Blunt

Marijuana inside a cigar; cocaine and marijuana inside a cigar

M.U.

Marijuana

Bo

Marijuana

Machinery

Marijuana

Bo-bo

Marijuana

Macon

Marijuana

Bobo bush

Marijuana

Maconha

Marijuana

Bogart a joint

Salivate on a marijuana cigarette; refuse to share

Mafu (Spanish)

Marijuana

Bohd

Marijuana; PCP

Magic smoke

Marijuana

Bomb

Crack; heroin; large marijuana cigarette; high potency heroin

Manhattan silver

Marijuana

Bomber

Marijuana cigarette

Mari

Marijuana cigarette

Bone

Marijuana; $50 piece of crack

Marimba (Spanish)

Marijuana

Bong

Pipe used to smoke marijuana

Mary

Marijuana

Boo

Marijuana; methamphetamine

Mary and Johnny

Marijuana

Boo boo bama

Marijuana

Mary Ann

Marijuana

Boom

Marijuana

Mary Jane

Marijuana

Boot the gong

To smoke marijuana

Mary Jonas

Marijuana

Brick

Crack Cocaine; cocaine; marijuana; 1 kilogram of marijuana

Mary Warner

Marijuana

Broccoli

Marijuana

Mary Weaver

Marijuana

Brown

Marijuana; heroin

Matchbox

1/4 ounce of marijuana or 6 marijuana cigarettes

Bud

Marijuana

Maui wauie

Marijuana from Hawaii

Buda

Marijuana; a high-grade marijuana joint filled with crack

Maui-wowie

Marijuana; methamphetamine

Buddha

Potent marijuana spiked with opium

Meg

Marijuana

Bullyon

Marijuana

Megg

Marijuana cigarette

Burn one

To smoke marijuana

Meggie

Marijuana

Burnie

Marijuana

Messorole

Marijuana

Bush

Marijuana; cocaine; PCP

Mexican brown

Marijuana; heroin

Butter

Marijuana; crack

Mexican green

Marijuana

Butter flower

Marijuana

Mexican locoweed

Marijuana

C.S.

Marijuana

Mexican red

Marijuana

Cam trip

High potency marijuana

Mighty mezz

Marijuana cigarette

Cambodian red/Cam red

Marijuana from Cambodia

Mo

Marijuana

Can

Marijuana; 1 ounce

Modams

Marijuana

Canade

Heroin/marijuana combination

Mohasky

Marijuana

Canadian black

Marijuana

Mohasty

Marijuana

Canamo

Marijuana

Monte

Marijuana from South America

Canappa

Marijuana

Mooca/moocah

Marijuana

Cancelled stick

Marijuana cigarette

Mooster

Marijuana

Candy blunt

Blunts dipped in cough syrup

Moota/mutah

Marijuana

Cannabis tea

Marijuana

Mooters

Marijuana cigarette

Carmabis

Marijuana

Mootie

Marijuana

Cartucho (Spanish)

Package of marijuana cigarettes

Mootos

Marijuana

Catnip

Marijuana cigarette

Mor a grifa

Marijuana

Caviar

Combination of cocaine and marijuana; Crack Cocaine

Mota/moto (Spanish)

Marijuana

Cavite all star

Marijuana

Mother

Marijuana

Cest

Marijuana

Mow the grass

To smoke marijuana

Champagne

Combination of cocaine and marijuana

Mu

Marijuana

Charas

Marijuana from India

Muggie

Marijuana

Charge

Marijuana

Muggle

Marijuana

Chase

To smoke cocaine; to smoke marijuana

Muggles

Marijuana

Cheeba

Marijuana

Muta

Marijuana

Cheeo

Marijuana

Mutha

Marijuana

Chiba chiba

High potency marijuana from Colombia

Nail

Marijuana cigarette

Chicago black

Marijuana, term from Chicago

Nigra

Marijuana

Chicago green

Marijuana

Number

Marijuana cigarette

Chips

Tobacco or marijuana cigarettes laced with PCP

O.J.

Marijuana

Chira

Marijuana

Oolies

Marijuana cigarettes laced with crack

Chocolate

Marijuana; opium; amphetamine

Ozone

Marijuana, PCP and crack cigarette; marijuana cigarette; PCP

Christmas tree

Marijuana; amphetamine; depressant

P.R.

Panama Red

Chronic

Marijuana; marijuana mixed with crack

Pack

Marijuana; heroin

Chunky

Marijuana

Pack a bowl

Marijuana

Churus

Marijuana

Pack of rocks

Marijuana cigarette

Citrol

High potency marijuana, from Nepal

Pakalolo

Marijuana

Clicker

Crack mixed with PCP; marijuana dipped in formaldehyde and smoked

Pakistani black

Marijuana

Clickums

A marijuana cigarette laced with PCP.

Panama cut

Marijuana

Climb

Marijuana cigarette

Panama gold

Marijuana

Cochornis

Marijuana

Panama red

Marijuana

Cocktail

Cigarette laced with cocaine or crack; partially smoked marijuana cigarette inserted in regular cigarette

Panatella

Large marijuana cigarette

Cocoa puff

To smoke cocaine and marijuana

Paper blunts

Marijuana within a paper casing rather than a tobacco leaf casing

Coli

Marijuana

Parsley

Marijuana; PCP

Coliflor tostao (Spanish)

Marijuana

Pasto (Spanish)

Marijuana

Colombian

Marijuana

Pat

Marijuana

Colorado cocktail

Marijuana

Pin

Marijuana

Columbus black

Marijuana

Pipe

Crack pipe; marijuana pipe; vein into which a drug is injected; mix drugs with other substances

Cosa (Spanish)

Marijuana

Pocket rocket

Marijuana; marijuana cigarette

Crack back

Marijuana and crack

Pod

Marijuana

Crazy weed

Marijuana

Poke

Marijuana; to smoke marijuana

Cripple

Marijuana cigarette

Pot

Marijuana

Crying weed

Marijuana

Potlikker

Marijuana

Cryppie

Marijuana

Potten bush

Marijuana

Cryptonie

Marijuana

Prescription

Marijuana cigarette

Cubes

Marijuana tablets; crack cocaine

Pretendica

Marijuana

Culican

High potency marijuana from Mexico

Pretendo

Marijuana

Dagga

Marijuana

Primo

Crack; marijuana mixed with crack; crack and heroin; heroin, cocaine and tobacco

Dank

Marijuana

Primo square

A marijuana joint laced with crack

Dawamesk

Marijuana

Puff the dragon

To smoke marijuana

Dew

Marijuana

Queen Ann's lace

Marijuana

Diablito (Spanish)

Combination of crack cocaine and marijuana in a joint

Ragweed

Inferior quality marijuana; heroin

Diambista

Marijuana

Railroad weed

Marijuana

Dimba

Marijuana from West Africa

Rainy day woman

Marijuana

Ding

Marijuana

Rangood

Marijuana grown wild

Dinkie dow

Marijuana

Rasta weed

Marijuana

Dirt grass

Inferior quality marijuana

Red bud

Marijuana

Dirty joints

Combination of crack cocaine and marijuana

Red cross

Marijuana

Ditch

Marijuana

Red dirt

Marijuana

Ditch weed

Inferior quality marijuana

Reefer

Marijuana

Djamba

Marijuana

Reefers

Marijuana cigarette

Do a joint

Marijuana

Righteous bush

Marijuana

Domestic

Locally grown marijuana

Rip

Marijuana

Don jem

Marijuana

Roach

Butt of marijuana cigarette

Don Juan

Marijuana

Roach clip

Holds partially smoked marijuana cigarette

Dona Juana (Spanish)

Marijuana

Roacha

Marijuana

Dona Juanita (Spanish)

Marijuana

Roasting

Smoking marijuana

Donk

Marijuana/PCP combination

Rockets

Marijuana cigarette

Doob

Marijuana

Rompums

Marijuana with horse tranquilizers

Doobee

Marijuana

Root

Marijuana

Doobie/dubbe/duby

Marijuana

Rope

Marijuana; rohypnol

Dope

Marijuana; heroin; any other drug

Rose marie

Marijuana

Dope smoke

To smoke marijuana

Rough stuff

Marijuana

Doradilla

Marijuana

Rubia (Spanish)

Marijuana

Draf

Marijuana; ecstasy, with cocaine

Ruderalis

Species of cannabis, found in Russia, grows 1 to 2.5 feet

Draf weed

Marijuana

Salt and pepper

Marijuana

Drag weed

Marijuana

Sandwich bag

$40 bag of marijuana

Dry high

Marijuana

Santa Marta (Spanish)

Marijuana

Dube

Marijuana

Sasfras

Marijuana

Duby

Marijuana

Sativa

Species of cannabis, found in cool, damp climate, grows up to 18 feet

Durong

Marijuana

Scissors

Marijuana

Duros (Spanish)

Marijuana

Seeds

Marijuana

Dust

Marijuana mixed with various chemicals; cocaine; heroin; PCP

Sen

Marijuana

Dust blunt

Marijuana/PCP combination

Sess

Marijuana

Dusting

Adding PCP, heroin, or another drug to marijuana

Sezz

Marijuana

Earth

Marijuana cigarette

Shake

Marijuana

El diablito (Spanish)

Cocaine, marijuana, heroin and PCP

Shotgun

Inhaling marijuana smoke forced into one's mouth by another's exhaling

El diablo (Spanish)

Cocaine, marijuana and heroin

Siddi

Marijuana

Elephant

Marijuana; PCP

Sinse (Spanish)

Marijuana

Endo

Marijuana

Sinsemilla

Potent variety marijuana

Esra

Marijuana

Skunk

Marijuana; heroin

Fallbrook redhair

Marijuana, term from Fallbrook, CA

Smoke

Marijuana; Crack Cocaine; heroin and crack

Fatty

Marijuana cigarette

Smoke a bowl

Marijuana

Feed bag

Container for marijuana

Smoke Canada

Marijuana

Feeling

Marijuana

Snop

Marijuana

Fiend

Someone who smokes marijuana alone

Spark it up

To smoke marijuana

Fine stuff

Marijuana

Speedboat

Marijuana, PCP, and crack combined and smoked

Finger

Marijuana cigarette

Spliff

Large marijuana cigarette

Finger lid

Marijuana

Splim

Marijuana

Fir

Marijuana

Splitting

Rolling marijuana and cocaine into a single joint

Fire it up

To smoke marijuana

Square mackerel

Marijuana, term from Florida

Flower

Marijuana

Squirrel

Combination of PCP and marijuana, sprinkled with cocaine and smoked; marijuana, PCP, and crack combined and smoked; LSD

Flower tops

Marijuana

Stack

Marijuana

Fly Mexican airlines

To smoke marijuana

Stems

Marijuana

Fraho/frajo

Marijuana

Stick

Marijuana; PCP

Frios (Spanish)

Marijuana laced with PCP

Stink weed

Marijuana

Fry

Marijuana cigarettes dipped in embalming fluid, sometimes also laced with PCP; Crack Cocaine

Stoney weed

Marijuana

Fry daddy

Crack and marijuana; cigarette laced with crack; marijuana joint laced with crack

Straw

Marijuana cigarette

Fry sticks

Marijuana cigarettes dipped in embalming fluid, sometimes also laced with PCP

Sugar weed

Marijuana

Fu

Marijuana

Super grass

PCP; marijuana with PCP; marijuana

Fuel

Marijuana mixed with insecticides; PCP

Super pot

Marijuana

Fuma D'Angola (Portugese)

Marijuana

Sweet Lucy

Marijuana

Gage/gauge

Marijuana

Swishers

Cigars in which tobacco is replaced with marijuana

Gange

Marijuana

T

Cocaine; Marijuana

Gangster

Marijuana; person who uses or manufactures methamphetamine

Taima

Marijuana

Ganja

Marijuana; term from Jamaica

Takkouri

Marijuana

Garbage

Inferior quality marijuana; low quality heroin

Tea

Marijuana; PCP

Gash

Marijuana

Tea Party

To smoke marijuana

Gasper

Marijuana cigarette

Tex-mex

Marijuana

Gasper stick

Marijuana cigarette

Texas pot

Marijuana

Gauge butt

Marijuana

Texas tea

Marijuana

Geek

Crack mixed with marijuana

Thai sticks

Bundles of marijuana soaked in hashish oil; marijuana buds bound on short sections of bamboo

Geek-joints

Cigarettes or cigars filled with tobacco and crack; a marijuana cigarette laced with crack or powdered cocaine

Thirteen

Marijuana

Get a gage up

To smoke marijuana

Thirty-eight

Crack sprinkled on marijuana

Get high

To smoke marijuana

Thumb

Marijuana

Get the wind

To smoke marijuana

Tin

Container for marijuana

Ghana

Marijuana

Toke

To inhale cocaine; to smoke marijuana; marijuana

Giggle smoke

Marijuana

Toke up

To smoke marijuana

Giggle weed

Marijuana

Torch

Marijuana

Gimmie

Crack and marijuana; marijuana joint laced with crack

Torch up

To smoke marijuana

Go loco

To smoke marijuana

Torpedo

Marijuana and crack

Goblet of jam

Marijuana

Tray

$3 bag of marijuana

Gold

Marijuana; Crack Cocaine; heroin

Trupence bag

Marijuana

Gold star

Marijuana

Turbo

Marijuana and crack

Golden

Marijuana

Tustin

Marijuana

Golden leaf

Very high quality marijuana

Twist

Marijuana cigarette

Gong

Marijuana; opium

Twistum

Marijuana cigarette

Gonj

Marijuana

Unotque

Marijuana

Good butt

Marijuana cigarette

Up against the stem

Addicted to smoking marijuana

Good giggles

Marijuana

Vega

A cigar wrapping refilled with marijuana

Good stuff

High potency drug, especially marijuana

Viper

Marijuana smoker

Goody-goody

Marijuana

Viper's weed

Marijuana

Goof butt

Marijuana cigarette

Wac

PCP on marijuana

Grass

Marijuana

Wacky weed

Marijuana

Grass brownies

Marijuana

Wake and Bake

Marijuana

Grasshopper

Marijuana

Water

Blunts; methamphetamine; PCP; a mixture of marijuana and other substances within a cigar; Gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB)

Grata

Marijuana

Water-water

Marijuana cigarettes dipped in embalming fluid, sometimes also laced with PCP

Green

Inferior quality marijuana; ketamine; PCP

Weed

Marijuana; PCP

Green buds

Marijuana

Weed tea

Marijuana

Green goddess

Marijuana

Wet

Blunts mixed with marijuana and PCP; methamphetamine

Greeter

Marijuana

Whack

Crack Cocaine; heroin and PCP; Crack/PCP mixture or marijuana laced with insecticides

Gremmies

Combination of cocaine and marijuana

Whackatabacky

Marijuana

Greta

Marijuana

Wheat

Marijuana

Griefo

Marijuana

White-haired lady

Marijuana

Griefs

Marijuana

Wicky stick

PCP, marijuana, and crack

Grifa (Spanish)

Marijuana

Wollie

Rocks of crack rolled into a marijuana cigarette or in a cigar

Griff

Marijuana

Woolah

Hollowed out cigar refilled with marijuana and crack

Griffa

Marijuana

Woolas

Cigarettes laced with cocaine; crack sprinkled on marijuana cigarette

Griffo

Marijuana

Woolies

Marijuana and crack or PCP

Gunga

Marijuana

Wooly blunts

Marijuana and crack or PCP

Gungeon

Marijuana

X

Marijuana; amphetamine; methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)

Gungun

Marijuana

Yeh

Marijuana

Gunja

Marijuana

Yellow submarine

Marijuana

Gyve

Marijuana cigarette

Yen pop

Marijuana

Haircut

Marijuana

Yeola

Marijuana and crack

Hanhich

Marijuana

Yerba (Spanish)

Marijuana

Happy cigarette

Marijuana cigarette

Yerba mala (Spanish)

PCP and marijuana

Harsh

Marijuana

Yerhia

Marijuana

Has

Marijuana

Yesca

Marijuana

Hawaiian

Very high potency marijuana

Yesco

Marijuana

Hawaiian Black

Marijuana

Zacatecas purple

Marijuana from Mexico

Hawaiian homegrown hay

Marijuana

Zambi

Marijuana

Hay

Marijuana

Zay

A mixture of marijuana and other substances within a cigar; blunts

Hay butt

Marijuana cigarette

Zig Zag man

Marijuana; LSD; marijuana rolling papers

Hemp

Marijuana

Zol

Marijuana cigarette

Herb

Marijuana

Zooie

Holds butt of marijuana cigarette

Herb and Al

Marijuana and alcohol

Zoom

Marijuana laced with PCP; PCP

Herba

Marijuana

Yeola

Marijuana and crack

Hit

To smoke marijuana; marijuana cigarette; Crack Cocaine

Yerba (Spanish)

Marijuana

Hit the hay

To smoke marijuana

Yerba mala (Spanish)

PCP and marijuana

Hocus

Marijuana; opium

Yerhia

Marijuana

Homegrown

Marijuana

Yesca

Marijuana

Honey blunts

Marijuana cigars sealed with honey

Yesco

Marijuana

Hooch

Marijuana

Zacatecas purple

Marijuana from Mexico

Hooter

Cocaine; marijuana

Zambi

Marijuana

Hot stick

Marijuana cigarette

Zay

A mixture of marijuana and other substances within a cigar; blunts

Hydro

Amphetamine; marijuana; methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA); marijuana grown in water (hydroponic)

Zig Zag man

Marijuana; LSD; marijuana rolling papers

Indian boy

Marijuana

Zol

Marijuana cigarette

Indian hay

Marijuana from India

Zooie

Holds butt of marijuana cigarette

Indian hemp

Marijuana

Zoom

Marijuana laced with PCP; PCP

Indica

Species of cannabis, found in hot climate, grows 3.5 to 4 feet

Zacatecas purple

Marijuana from Mexico

Indo

Marijuana term from Northern CA

Zambi

Marijuana

Indonesian bud

Marijuana; opium

Zay

A mixture of marijuana and other substances within a cigar; blunts

Instaga

Marijuana

Zig Zag man

Marijuana; LSD; marijuana rolling papers

Instagu

Marijuana

Zol

Marijuana cigarette

Zooie

Holds butt of marijuana cigarette

Zoom

Marijuana laced with PCP; PCP

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