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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 Street drug language changes all of the time, so as soon as a list is published it’s somewhat out of date, so this list is one part history and one part current events.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

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