List of Street and Slang Terms for Popular Drugs

Beginning in 1975, Monitoring the Future has conducted an annual study of how many individuals, including school-aged children, use drugs, what kinds of drugs they use and when they use them.  In one recent study, they found that 0.8% of eighth graders in the United States had used heroin at least once in the year prior to the survey.

Parents are continually struggling to understand the world in which their children live and the challenges they face.  One way to be aware of what is happening in the lives of our children is to understand their language, including slang as it refers to the street names for the drugs children may already have been exposed to.

Here is a list of popular drugs and the street names they are known by.

1. Tobacco
Many parents forget that tobacco products contain nicotine, which is a drug.  Many children and teens who begin smoking early are more likely to try drugs or alcohol while they are still in school.  The common street names for tobacco products include:

• Ciggs, smokes, butts: Regular tobacco cigarettes
• Chew, spit, snuff, snus, dip: Dipping or chewing tobacco
• Narghile, shisha, argileh, hubble-bubble, goza: Hookah (non-filtered smoke from a water-based smoking device)

2. Opiates
Opiates can include prescription drugs as well as heroin.  The common street names for prescription drugs popular among teens include:

• Hillbilly heroin
• Oxy
• OC
• Tabs (short for Lortab)
• Vikes (short for Vicodin)
• Oxycotten
• Percs (short for Percocet)
• Happy pills

3. Heroin
Heroin is an opiate, but because of the popularity of this dangerous drug and the non-pill form in which it is used, it has street names of its own.

The street names for heroin include:

• H
• Smack
• Junk
• Black tar

4. Depressants
Depressants include several categories of medications, including barbiturates like Nembutol, benzodiazepines like Xanax or Valium, and sleep medication, which can include over-the-counter or prescription medications.

• Barbiturates are called yellow jackets, yellows, red birds, reds, Barbs, Tooies and phennies.
• Benzodiazepines are called candy, downers, sleeping pills, tranks or bars.
• Sleeping pills are called A-minus or zombie pills.

5. Stimulants
Stimulants are used in the treatment of common childhood or teenage conditions like attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and are often readily available to teens. Slang for stimulants includes:

• Skippy the smart drug
• Bennies
• Vitamin R (Ritalin)
• Hearts or roses
• Black beauties
• Uppers
• Speed

6. Cocaine
While cocaine has declined in popularity since its hey-day in the 1980s, it is still widely available and used by both teens and adults. There are many slang terms for cocaine, including:

• Coke
• “C”
• Blow
• Bump
• Flake
• Candy
• Charlie
• Rock
• Toot
• Snow
• Crack, specifically the form of rock cocaine that is smoked rather than injected or inhaled

7. Methamphetamine
Methamphetamines are available in two distinctly common forms - crystal and powder.  Each has their own set of street names.

Crystal Methamphetamine:

• Ice
• Crystal
• Crank
• Go fast
• Fire
• Glass

Powder Methamphetamine:

• Speed
• Meth
• Tina
• Chalk

8. Marijuana
Marijuana has seen an increase in use among young people in recent years, after a decline following the counter-culture drug movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Marijuana is known by a wide array of slang names:

• Pot
• Grass
• Herb
• Weed
• Skunk
• Boom
• Gangster
• Chronic
• Ganja
• Kif
• Reefer
• Mary Jane

This list encompasses the most popular drugs used by teens and adults around the country.  For more information on these and other drugs, please visit the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Heroin Addiction Statistics

One of the most prevalent drugs in the United States today is heroin.  Heroin is an opiate derived from morphine.  Generally, it is sold as white or brownish powder, or as a sticky, black substance known as “tar” heroin.  Heroin can be injected, smoked or snorted.  Known as “smack,” “H,” “ska” or “junk” on the streets, it is a highly addictive opiate that has a far reach across the nation with no socioeconomic borders to speak of.

The effects of heroin include a short-term euphoria followed by a “crash” that includes intermittent bouts of insomnia or drowsiness.

The statistics surrounding heroin use can be shocking.  In a 2010 study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the following discoveries concerned school-aged children in the US:

• Of eighth graders in the United States, 0.8 percent had abused heroin at least once in the year preceding the survey.
• Of 10^th graders in the US, 0.8 percent had abused heroin at least once in the year preceding the survey.
• Of high school seniors in the United States, 0.9 percent had abused heroin at least once in the year preceding the survey.
• Of eighth graders in the US, 1.3 percent had abused heroin at least once in their lifetime.
• Of 10^th graders in the United States, 1.5 percent had abused heroin at least once in their lifetime.
• Of high school seniors in the US, 1.2 percent had abused heroin at least once in their lifetime.

Average Age for First-Time Use of Heroin

According to the same 2010 study by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), there were 140,000 individuals in the United States aged 12 year or older who had begun using heroin or used heroin for the first time that year.  The average age of individuals between the ages of 12 and 49 years to use this powerful opiate for the first time was a mere 21 years of age.  This is younger than the previous study funded in 2009.  At that time, the average age was 25 years old.

Total Number of Heroin Users

The 2009 National Survey on Drug Use and Health reported that 605,000 Americans aged 12 and older had used heroin at least once in the previous year.

Heroin-Involved Emergency Department Visits

In the National Institute on Drug Abuse publication “Research Report Series - Heroin Abuse and Addiction,” the institute states that more than 93,000 individuals in 21 metropolitan areas sought medical treatment for heroin-related conditions in the year 2002.

In 2009, the number of heroin-related emergency department visits increased to 213,000 visits, although it should be noted that the statistics came from separate organizations. Forty-three thousand of these visits combined alcohol and heroin use.

Drug Deaths in the United States

While numbers for heroin-specific deaths are scarce, the number of “unintentional poisonings” in the United States in 2007 was second only to automobile accidents. Of these poisonings, 93 percent were drug-related poisonings, also known as overdoses.

Heroine use is more common in more sectors of the population than the average citizen might think; however, treatment is available for those who have fallen into the illness of addiction.

Cost of Rehab

Questions you may ask:

What is the cost of drug rehab?

This all depends on the type of place you are looking to stay at.  Local state-run facilities or spa like facilities all will vary in price.  Typically if you are concerned of the cost - than you have to find a place that suits your budget or takes insurance.

How can I pay for Rehab?

People find ways to pay for things they want.  If this is something you truely want - you will find a way.  From personal experiences I have seen people open credit cards and become $15,000 in debt - that is true commitment.

I know I can pay for Rehab - but how do I find one that is right for me?

We have sponsored facilities on the right hand side of this page.  In the square box.  Contact any of these professional companies for your needs.

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12 Steps Explained

12 Steps Explained

So many times people will say “the 12 steps” but many times people don’t even know what those steps are.

Here are those twelve steps.

1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol–that our lives had become unmanageable.

2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.

3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.

4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.

5. Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.

6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.

7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.

8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.

9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.

10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.

11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understood
Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.

12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

Many people also ignore or do not respect the 12-Step Program traditions.

1. Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon A.A. unity.

2. For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority — a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern.

3. The only requirement for A.A. membership is a desire to stop drinking.

4. Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or A.A. as a whole.

5. Each group has but one primary purpose to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers.

6. An A.A. group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the A.A. name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property, and prestige divert us from our primary purpose.

7. Every A.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.

8. Alcoholics Anonymous should remain forever non-professional, but our service centers may employ special workers.

9. A.A., as such, ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve.

10. Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into public controversy.

11. Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, and films.

12. Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.

TV Shows about Drug Rehab / Addiction

It is a fact that television is bring more attention to drug rehabs then ever before. It is without a doubt that you can turn on many of the popular television shows and witness the realities that people live with everyday. Shows such as INTERVENTION or CELEBRITY DRUG REHAB are two prime examples. Do these shows do justice and show us what really is going on?

In a recent article released 12/15/2008 from a prominent rehab facility in Malibu, California says

The success or failure of a rehab program is ultimately a function of the environment in which it’s administered. A treatment center that fails to maintain an atmosphere conducive to the healing process will generally fail to help its clients get where they need to go. A treatment center that aims to preserve the privacy and dignity of its residents while ministering to their individual needs, on the other hand, will typically affect real and lasting recovery.

Therefore, if the success is determined by the enviornment is a TV-show a good enviornment to seek rehabilition for your drug addiction - experts would easily say no.  But - in all fairness if it changes just 1 person - in our opinion at Drug Rehab Costs.com is that it did its justice.

Drug Rehab Costs Statistics

According to a study done by the Substance Abuse and Mental-Health Services Administration it typically costs a little over $1400 for outpatient treatment, nearly $4,000 for residential drug rehab treatment program and a little over $7,000 for individuals getting outpatient treatment with Methadone. Treatment centers which offer Methadone are typically more expensive.  On the high end, you may find that a drug rehab stay costs $30,000 for one month.

As you can see, there is a very large range when it comes to drug rehab costs. An  individual will simply need to take the time to investigate their options, figure out how much their insurance will pay (if they have insurance) and then look for a treatment center that they believe be able to best address their needs and help them get off drugs at a price that they can afford.