Street Drug Terminology--B

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B—Amount of marijuana to fill a matchbox

B.J.'sCrack Cocaine

B-40—Cigar laced with marijuana and dipped in malt liquor

Baby bhang—Marijuana

Baby T—Crack Cocaine

Baby—Marijuana

Babysitter—Marijuana

Back breakers—LSD and strychnine

Back dexAmphetamine

Back jack—Injecting opium; to inject a drug

Back to back—Smoking crack after injecting heroin or heroin used after smoking crack

Back-Up—permitting blood to back up into a syringe to ensure the needle is in a vein

Backwards—Depressants

Bad bundle—Inferior quality heroin; damaged heroin

Bad seed—Marijuana combined with peyote; heroin

Bad Trip—Unpleasant LSD experience

Bad—Crack Cocaine

BadrockCrack Cocaine

Bag bride—Crack-smoking prostitute

Bag man—Person who transports money; a person who supplies narcotics or other drugs, a pusher

Bag—Container for drugs; a package of drugs, usually marijuana or heroin; a person's favorite drug; packet of drugs, usually a standard amount for sale

Bagging—Using inhalants

Baker—Person who smokes marijuana

Bale—Marijuana

Ball—Crack cocaine; Mexican Black Tar heroin

Balling—Vaginally implanted cocaine

Balloon—Heroin supplier; a penny balloon that contains narcotics

Ballot—Heroin

Bam—Amphetamine; depressants

BambaMarijuana

BambalachaMarijuana

BambitaDesoxyn or amphetamine derivative

BambsDepresants

BammiesA poor quality of marijuana

BammyMarijuana

Banana split—Combination of 2C-B (Nexus) with other illicit substances, particularly LSD (Lysergic acid diethylamide)

BananoMarijuana or tobacco cigarettes laced with cocaine

Bang—Inhalants; to inject a drug

Bank bandit pills—Depressants

Bar—Marijuana

Barb—Depressants

BarbiesDepressants

BARBS—Barbiturates; "downers, "reds"

Barbs—Cocaine

Barr—Codeine cough syrup

Barrels—LSD

Bars—Heroin mixed with alprazolam

Bart Simpson—Heroin

BasaCrack cocaine

Base crazies—Searching on hands and knees for cocaine or crack

Base head—A person who bases

Base—Cocaine; crack

Baseball—Crack Cocaine

Based out—To have lost control over basing

Bash—Marijuana

Basing—Crack Cocaine

Basuco (Spanish)—Cocaine; Coca paste residue sprinkled on regular or marijuana cigarette

Bathtub crank—Poor quality methamphetamine; methamphetamine produced in bathtubs

Bathtub speed—Methcathinone

Batman—Cocaine; heroin

BatmansMethylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)

Battery acid—LSD

BatuSmokable methamphetamine

Bazooka—Cocaine; combination of crack and marijuana; crack and tobacco combined in a joint; coca paste and marijuana

BazulcoCocaine

B-bombs—Amphetamines; methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)

BC bud—Marijuana from British Columbia; synonymous with any high-grade marijuana from Canada

BDMPEA—Nexus

Beam me up Scotty—PCP and crack

Beam—Cocaine

Beamer—Crack smoker

Beamers—Crack cocaine

Bean—A capsule containing drugs; MDMA (methylenedioxymethamphetamine)

BeanniesMethamphetamine

Beans—Crack Cocaine; mescaline; amphetamine; depressants

Beast—Heroin plus LSD

Beat vials—Viles containing sham crack to cheat buyers

Beat—Crack Cocaine; to cheat someone

Beautiful boulders—Crack Cocaine

Beavis & Butthead—LSD

BebeCrack Cocaine

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

BeemersCrack Cocaine

Behind the scale—To weigh and sell cocaine

BeigingChemicals altering cocaine to make it appear a higher purity; chemically altering cocaine to make it look brown

Belladonna—PCP

BelushiCombination of cocaine and heroin

Belyando spruce—Marijuana

Bennie—Amphetamine

Bennies—Benzedrine; "peaches"

Bens—Amphetamine; methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)

Benz—Amphetamine

Benzedrine—Amphetamine; methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)

BenzidrineAmphetamine

Bermuda triangles—Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)

Bernice—Cocaine

Bernie—Cocaine

Bernie's flakes—Cocaine

Bernie's gold dust—Cocaine

Bhang—Marijuana, Indian term

Bibs—MDMA (methylenedioxymethamphetamine)

Big 8—1/8 kilogram crack

Big bag—Heroin

Big bloke—Cocaine

Big C—Cocaine

Big Chief—Mescaline

Big D—LSD

Big doodigHeroin

Big flake—Cocaine

Big H—Heroin

Big Harry—Heroin

Big Man—supplier of drugs

Big O—Opium

Big rush—Cocaine

Bikers coffee—Methamphetamine and coffee

Bill blassCrack Cocaine

Billie hokeCocaine

Bin laden—Heroin (after September 11)

Bindle—Small packet of drug powder; heroin

Bingers—Crack addicts

BingsCrack Cocaine

BiphetamineAmphetamine; methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)

BippingSnorting heroin and cocaine, either separately or together

BirdheadLSD

Birdie powder—Cocaine; heroin

Biscuit—50 rocks of crack

Bite one's lips—To smoke marijuana

BjsCrack Cocaine

Black acid—LSD; LSD and PCP

Black and white—Amphetamine

Black bartMarijuana

Black beauties—Amphetamine; depressants

Black beauty—Methamphetamine

Black birds—Amphetamine

Black bombers—Amphetamine

Black dust—PCP

Black eagle—Heroin

Black gangaMarijuana resin

Black gold—High potency marijuana

Black gungiMarijuana from India

Black gunionMarijuana

Black hash—Opium mixed with hashish

Black hole—The depressant high associated with ketamine

Black Hollies—Amphetamines

Black mo/black moat—Highly potent marijuana

Black mollies—Amphetamine

Black mote—Marijuana mixed with honey

Black pearl—Heroin

Black pill—Opium pill

Black rock—Crack Cocaine

Black Russian—Opium mixed with hashish

Black star—LSD

Black stuff—Heroin; opium

Black sunshine—LSD

Black tabs—LSD

Black tar—Heroin

Black whack—PCP

Black—Marijuana; opium; methamphetamine

Black-Out—Amnesia for events occurring while heavily intoxicated with alcohol, other sedative/hypnotic drugs

Blacks—Amphetamine

Blade—Crystal methamphetamine

Blanca (Spanish)—Cocaine

Blanco (Spanish)— Heroin plus cocaine

Blank—Container of non-narcotic powder that is sold as heroin

Blanket—Marijuana cigarette

Blast a joint—To smoke marijuana

Blast a roach—To smoke marijuana

Blast a stick—To smoke marijuana

Blast—Cocaine; Smoke crack; marijuana; smoke marijuana or crack

Blasted—High on drugs

BlaxingSmoking marijuana

Blaze—Marijuana

Blazing—Smoking marijuana

Bling blingMethamphetamine

Blizzard—A white cloud in a pipe used to smoke cocaine

Block busters—Depressants

Block—Marijuana

Blonde—Marijuana

Blotter acid—LSD; PCP

Blotter cube—LSD

Blotter—Crack cocaine; LSD

Blotters—LSD

Blow a stick—To smoke marijuana

Blow blue—To inhale cocaine

Blow coke—To inhale cocaine

Blow one's roof—To smoke marijuana

Blow smoke—To inhale cocaine

Blow up—Crack cut with lidocaine to increase size, weight, and street value

Blow your mind—Get high on hallucinogens

Blow—Cocaine; to inhale cocaine; to smoke marijuana; to inject heroin

BlowcaineCrack diluted with procaine

Blowing smoke—Marijuana

Blowout—Crack

Blows—Heroin

Blue acid—LSD

Blue angels—Depressants

Blue bag—Heroin

Blue barrels—LSD

Blue birds—Depressants

Blue boy—Amphetamine

Blue bullets—Depressants

Blue caps—Mescaline

Blue chairs—LSD

Blue cheers—LSD

Blue clouds—Amytal (amobarbital sodium) capsules

Blue de hue—Marijuana from Vietnam

Blue devil—Depressants; Amobarbital

Blue devils—Methamphetamine

Blue dolls—Depressants

Blue heaven—LSD

Blue heavens—Depressants

Blue kisses—Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)

Blue lips—Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)

Blue madman—PCP

Blue methMethamphetamine

Blue microdot—LSD

Blue mist—LSD

Blue mollies—Amphetamine

Blue moons—LSD

Blue nileMethylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)

Blue Nitro Vitality—GBL-containing product

Blue sage—Marijuana

Blue sky blond—High potency marijuana from Colombia

Blue star—Heroin

Blue tips—Depressants

Blue vials—LSD

Blue—Crack Cocaine; depressants; OxyContin

Blues—Valium

Blunt—Marijuana inside a cigar; cocaine and marijuana inside a cigar (a cigar slit open and filled with marijuana)

Bo—Marijuana

Boat—PCP

Bobo bush—Marijuana

BoboCrack Cocaine

Bo-boMarijuana

Body-packer—Individual who ingests wrapped packets of crack or cocaine to transport

Body-stuffer—Individual who ingests crack vials to avoid prosecution

Bogart a joint—Salivate on a marijuana cigarette; refuse to share

BohdMarijuana; PCP

BolasteroneInjectable steroids

Bolivian marching powder—Cocaine

BolloCrack cocaine

Bolo—Crack Cocaine

Bolt—Amphetamine; isobutyl nitrite

Bomb squad—Name of crack-selling crew

Bomb—Crack; heroin; large marijuana cigarette; high potency heroin

Bombed Out—Very much intoxicated by narcotics

Bomber—Marijuana cigarette

BombidoHeroin; injectable amphetamine; depressants

Bombita (Spanish)— Heroin plus amphetamine; depressants; mixture of cocaine and heroin

Bombs away—heroin

Bone—Marijuana; $50 piece of crack; high purity heroin

BonecrusherCrack Cocaine

Bones—Crack Cocaine

Bong—A cylindrical water pipe for smoking narcotics, especially marijuana

Bonita (Spanish)—Heroin

Boo boo bamaMarijuana

Boo—Marijuana; methamphetamine

Book—100 dosage units of LSD

Boom—Marijuana

Boomers—Psilocybin/psilocin; LSD

Boost—Crack Cocaine; to steal; to inject a drug

Booster—To inhale cocaine

Boot the gong—To smoke marijuana

Booze—Alcohol (beer, wine, liquor)

Bopper—Crack cocaine

Boppers—Amyl nitrite

BotrayCrack Cocaine

Bottles—Crack vials; amphetamine

BoubouCrack Cocaine

BoulderCrack Cocaine; $20 worth of crack

BoulyaCrack Cocaine

Bouncing powder—Cocaine

Box labs—Small, mobile, clandestine labs used to produce methamphetamine

Boy—Cocaine; heroin

Boy-girl—Heroin mixed with cocaine

Bozo—Heroin

Brain damage—Heroin

Brain pills—Amphetamines

Brain ticklers—Amphetamine

Brea (Spanish)— Heroin

Bread—Money

Break night—Staying up all night on a cocaine binge until daybreak

Breakdown—$40 of crack cocaine that can be broken down into $20 packages

Brick gum—Heroin

Brick—A kilogram (2.2 pounds) of tightly compacted marijuana, hashish, crack cocaine; or cocaine

Bring Down—Come off a drug

Britton—Peyote

Broccoli—Marijuana

BrojaHeroin

Broker—Go-between for a drug deal

BromoNexus

Brown bombers—LSD

Brown crystal—Heroin

Brown dots—LSD

Brown rhineHeroin

Brown sugar—Heroin

Brown tape—Heroin

Brown—Marijuana; heroin; methamphetamine

Brownies—Amphetamine

Browns—Amphetamine

Bubble gum—Cocaine; crack cocaine; marijuana from Tennessee

Bud—Marijuana

Buda—Marijuana; a high-grade marijuana joint filled with crack

Buddha—Potent marijuana spiked with opium

Buds—Marijuana

Buffer—A woman who performs oral sex in exchange for crack; crack smoker

Bull dog—Heroin

Bullet bolt—Inhalants

Bullet—Isobutyl nitrite; inhalants

Bullia capital—Crack; fake crack

Bullion—Crack Cocaine

BullyonMarijuana

Bumblebees—Amphetamine

Bummer trip—Unsettling and threatening experience from PCP intoxication

Bummer—Bad experience with drugs

Bump up—Use of cocaine to bolster MDMA (methylenedioxymethamphetamine)

Bump—Crack; fake crack; cocaine; boost a high; hit of ketamine ($20)

Bumper—Crack cocaine

Bumping up—Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) combined with powder cocaine

Bundle—Heroin; multiple bags of a drug

Bunk—Fake cocaine; crack cocaine

BureseCocaine

Burn one—To smoke marijuana

Burn—Cheated bv a pusher

BurneseCocaine

BurnieMarijuana

Burnout—Heavy user of drugs

Bush—Marijuana; cocaine; PCP

Businessman's LSD—Dimethyltryptamine

Businessman's special—Dimethyltryptamine

Businessman's trip—Dimethyltryptamine

Busted—Arrested on a drug-related charge

Busters—Depressants

Busy bee—PCP

ButlerCrack Cocaine

Butt naked—PCP

Butter flower—Marijuana

Butter—Marijuana; crack

Buttons—Mescaline, peyote or mushrooms

ButuHeroin

Buy—Purchase drugs

Buzz bomb—Nitrous oxide

Buzzed—mildly intoxicated

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