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Drugs

Last updated on Wednesday 4 June 2008

Alcohol

Grog, charge, drink, tinnies, liquor, booze.
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Amphetamines (Speed)

Speed, up, fast, louie, goey, whiz, pep pills and uppers, bennies, jollies.
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Benzodiazepines

Benzos, tranks or sleepers. Rohypnol is sometimes abbreviated to "rohies", temazepam to "temazzies", serapax to "serries".
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Buprenorphine

Buprenorphine is available by prescription, under the name of Subutex, as a treatment for heroin dependence.
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Caffeine

Caffeine is the most popular and widely used drug in the world.
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Cocaine

C, coke, flake, nose candy, snow, dust, white, white lady, toot, crack, rock, freebase.
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Ecstasy

E, XTC, eccy, “the love drug”.
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GHB

Gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB), fantasy, grievous bodily harm (GBH), liquid ecstasy and liquid E.
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Heroin

Hammer, gear, smack, horse, junk, harry, "chasing the dragon".
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Inhalants

Glue, gas, sniff, huff, chroming, poppers, and amyl.
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Khat

Khat (cat), qat (Yemen), chat, qaadka, miraa (Kenya), tohai, tschat (Ethiopia), Abyssinian tea, African tea, African salad.
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LSD

Acid, trips, tabs.
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Methadone

Methadone is used as a substitute for the treatment of people dependent on heroin and other opioids.
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Naltrexone

Naltrexone is a drug prescribed to help people maintain abstinence after they have withdrawn (detoxified) from heroin, other opioids or alcohol.
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Tobacco

Cigs, darts, durries, fags and rollies.
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Yarndi

Yarndi, marijuana, grass, pot, hash, weed, dope, reefer, gunja, joint, stick, mary-jane and hooch
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