TERM

DEFINITION

C

Cocaine

C & M

Cocaine and morphine

C joint

Place where cocaine is sold

C-dust

Cocaine

C-game

Cocaine

C.S.

Marijuana

Caballo (Spanish)

Heroin

Cabbage head

An individual who will use or experiment with any kind of drug

Cabello (Spanish)

Cocaine

Caca

Heroin

Cactus

Mescaline

Cactus buttons

Mescaline

Cactus head

Mescaline

Cad/Cadillac

1 ounce

Cadillac

Cocaine; PCP

Cadillac express

Methcathinone

Cafeteria use

Use of various drugs simultaneously, particularly sedatives or hypnotics

Cafeteria-style use

Using a combination of different club drugs

Caine

Cocaine; Crack Cocaine

Cakes

Round discs of crack

Calbo (Spanish)

Heroin

California cornflakes

Cocaine

California sunshine

LSD

Cam trip

High potency marijuana

Cambodian red/Cam red

Marijuana from Cambodia

Came

Cocaine

Can

Marijuana; 1 ounce

Canade

Heroin/marijuana combination

Canadian black

Marijuana

Canamo

Marijuana

Canappa

Marijuana

Cancelled stick

Marijuana cigarette

Candy

Cocaine; Crack Cocaine; amphetamine; depressants

Candy blunt

Blunts dipped in cough syrup

Candy C

Cocaine

Candy flipping on a string

Combining or sequencing LSD with MDMA; mixing LSD, MDMA, and cocaine

Candy Raver

Young people who attend raves; rave attendees who wear candy jewelry

Candy-flipping

LSD mixed with ecstasy

Candyman

Drug supplier

Cannabinol

PCP

Cannabis tea

Marijuana

Cap

Crack Cocaine; LSD; a capsule of a drug

Cap up

Transfer bulk form drugs to capsules

Capital H

Heroin

Caps

Heroin; psilocybin/psilocin; crack

Capsula (Spanish)

Crack Cocaine

Carburetor

Crack stem attachment

Carga (Spanish)

Heroin

Carmabis

Marijuana

Carne (Spanish)

Heroin

Carnie

Cocaine

Carpet patrol

Crack smokers searching the floor for crack

Carrie

Cocaine

Carrie Nation

Cocaine

Carry

To be in posession of drugs

Cartucho (Spanish)

Package of marijuana cigarettes

Cartwheels

Amphetamine

Casper

Crack Cocaine

Casper the ghost

Crack Cocaine

Cat

Methcathinone

Cat valium

Ketamine

Catnip

Marijuana cigarette

Caviar

Combination of cocaine and marijuana; Crack Cocaine

Cavite all star

Marijuana

Cecil

Cocaine

Cest

Marijuana

Chalk

Crack Cocaine; amphetamine; methamphetamine

Chalked up

Under the influence of cocaine

Chalking

Chemically altering the color of cocaine so it looks white

Champagne

Combination of cocaine and marijuana

Chandoo/chandu

Opium

Channel

Vein into which a drug is injected

Channel swimmer

One who injects heroin

Chapopote (Spanish)

Heroin

Charas

Marijuana from India

Charge

Marijuana

Charged up

Under the influence of drugs

Charley

Heroin

Charlie

Cocaine

Chase

To smoke cocaine; to smoke marijuana

Chaser

Compulsive crack user

Chasing the dragon

Crack mixed with heroin

Chasing the tiger

To smoke heroin

Chatarra (Spanish)

Heroin

Cheap basing

Crack

Check

Personal supply of drugs

Cheeba

Marijuana

Cheeo

Marijuana

Cheese

Heroin

Chemical

Crack Cocaine

Cherry Meth

Gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB)

Chewies

Crack Cocaine

Chiba

Heroin

Chiba chiba

High potency marijuana from Colombia

Chicago black

Marijuana, term from Chicago

Chicago green

Marijuana

Chicken Feed

Methamphetamine

Chicken powder

Amphetamine

Chicken scratch

Searching on hands and knees for crack or cocaine

Chicle (Spanish)

Heroin

Chief

LSD; mescaline

Chieva

Heroin

Chillum

An object used to smoke opium, hashish, and marijuana

China cat

High potency heroin

China girl

Fentanyl

China town

Fentanyl

China White

Heroin; fentanyl; synthetic heroin

Chinese molasses

Opium

Chinese red

Heroin

Chinese tobacco

Opium

Chip

Heroin

Chipper

Occasional user; occasional heroin user; occasional Hispanic user

Chipping

Using drugs occasionally

Chippy

Cocaine

Chips

Tobacco or marijuana cigarettes laced with PCP

Chira

Marijuana

Chiva/chieva (Spanish)

Heroin

Choco-fan

Heroin

Chocolate

Marijuana; opium; amphetamine

Chocolate Chip Cookies

MDMA combined with heroin or methadone

Chocolate chips

LSD

Chocolate ecstasy

Crack made brown by adding chocolate milk during production

Chocolate rock

Crack smoked together with heroin

Choe

Cocaine

Cholly

Cocaine

Chorals

Depressants

Christina

Amphetamine

Christmas rolls

Depressants

Christmas tree

Marijuana; amphetamine; depressant

Christmas tree meth

Green methamphetamine produced using Drano crystals

Chronic

Marijuana; marijuana mixed with crack

Chrystal methadrine

Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)

Chucks

Hunger following withdrawal from heroin

Chunky

Marijuana

Churus

Marijuana

Cid

LSD

Cigarette paper

Packet of heroin

Cigarrode cristal

PCP

Cinnamon

Methamphetamine

Circles

Rohypnol

Citrol

High potency marijuana, from Nepal

CJ

PCP

Clam bake

Sitting inside a car or other small, enclosed space and smoking marijuana

Clarity

Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)

Clear up

Stop drug use

Clicker

Crack mixed with PCP; marijuana dipped in formaldehyde and smoked

Clickums

A marijuana cigarette laced with PCP.

Cliffhanger

PCP

Climax

Crack; heroin; isobutyl nitrite; inhalants

Climb

Marijuana cigarette

Clips

Rows of vials heat-sealed together

Clocker

Entry level crack dealers who sell drugs 24 hours a day.

Clocking paper

Profits from selling drugs

Closet baser

User of crack who prefers anonymity

Cloud

Crack Cocaine

Cloud nine

Crack cocaine; methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)

Cluck

Crack smoker

Cluckers

Middlemen who facilitate the connection between buyers and sellers

Co-pilot

Amphetamine

Coasting

Under the influence of drugs

Coasts to coasts

Amphetamine

Coca

Cocaine

Cocaine blues

Depression after extended cocaine use

Cochornis

Marijuana

Cocktail

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

Coco rocks

Dark brown crack made by adding chocolate pudding during production

Coco snow

Benzocaine used as cutting agent for crack

Cocoa puff

To smoke cocaine and marijuana

Cocofan (Spanish)

Brown Tar Heroin

Coconut

Cocaine

Cod

Large amount of money

Coffee

LSD

Coke

Cocaine; Crack Cocaine

Coke bar

A bar where cocaine is openly used

Cola

Cocaine

Cold turkey

Sudden withdrawal from drugs

Coli

Marijuana

Coliflor tostao (Spanish)

Marijuana

Colombian

Marijuana

Colorado cocktail

Marijuana

Columbo

PCP

Columbus black

Marijuana

Combol

Cocaine

Come home

End a "trip" from LSD

Come up

A person who sells drugs for money; to take a small amount of money and increase to a large amount.

Comeback

Benzocaine and mannitol used to adulterate cocaine for conversion to crack

Conductor

LSD

Connect

Purchase drugs; supplier of illegal drugs

Contact lens

LSD

Cook

Mix heroin with water; heating heroin to prepare it for injection

Cook down

Process in which users liquify heroin in order to inhale it

Cooker

To inject a drug; person who manufactures methamphetamine

Cookies

Crack Cocaine

Cooking up

To process powdered cocaine into crack.

Cooler

Cigarette laced with a drug

Coolie

Cigarette laced with cocaine

Cop

Obtain drugs

Copping zones

Specific areas where buyers can purchase drugs

Coral

Depressant

Coriander seeds

Cash

Cork the air

To inhale cocaine

Corrine

Cocaine

Corrinne

Cocaine

Cosa (Spanish)

Marijuana

Cotics

Heroin

Coties

Codeine

Cotton

Currency

Cotton brothers

Cocaine, heroin and morphine

Cotton fever

Critically high temperature associated with accidentally injecting cotton fibers into blood stream

Courage pills

Heroin; depressants

Course note

Bill larger than $2

Cozmo's

PCP

Crack

Cocaine

Crack attack

Craving for crack

Crack back

Marijuana and crack

Crack cooler

Crack soaked in wine cooler

Crack gallery

Place where crack is bought and sold

Crack house

Place where crack is used

Crack Kits

Glass pipe and copper mesh

Crack spot

Area where people can purchase crack; place where crack is sold, but not used

Cracker jack

Crack smoker

Cracker jacks

Crack smokers

Crackers

LSD; Talwin and ritalin combination is injected and produces an effect similar to the effect of heroin mixed with cocaine.

Crank

Crack Cocaine; heroin; amphetamine; methamphetamine; methcathinone

Cranking up

To inject a drug

Crankster

Someone who uses or manufatures methamphetamine

Crap

Low quality heroin

Crash

Sleep off effects of drugs

Crazy coke

PCP

Crazy Eddie

PCP

Crazy weed

Marijuana

Credit card

Crack stem

Crib

Crack Cocaine

Crimmie

Cigarette laced with crack

Crink

Methamphetamine

Cripple

Marijuana cigarette

Cris

Methamphetamine

Crisscross

Amphetamine

Crisscrossing

The practice of setting up a line of cocaine next to a line of heroin. The user places a straw in each nostril and snorts about half of each line. Then the straws are crossed and the remaining lines are snorted

Cristal (Spanish)

Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)

Cristina (Spanish)

Methamphetamine

Cristy

Smokable methamphetamine

Croak

Crack mixed with methamphetamine; methamphetamine

Crop

Low quality heroin

Cross tops

Amphetamine

Crossles

Methamphetamine

Crossroads

Amphetamine

Crown crap

Heroin

Crumbs

Tiny pieces of crack

Crunch & Munch

Crack Cocaine

Cruz (Spanish)

Opium from Veracruz, Mexico

Crying weed

Marijuana

Cryppie

Marijuana

Crypto

Methamphetamine

Cryptonie

Marijuana

Crystal

Cocaine; amphetamine; methamphetamine;PCP

Crystal joint

PCP

Crystal meth

Methamphetamine

Crystal methadrine

Amphetamine

Crystal T

PCP

Crystal tea

LSD

Cube

LSD; 1 ounce

Cubes

Marijuana tablets; crack cocaine

Culican

High potency marijuana from Mexico

Cupcakes

LSD

Cura (Spanish)

Heroin

Cushion

Vein into which a drug is injected

Cut

Adulterate drugs

Cut-deck

Heroin mixed with powdered milk

Cycline

PCP

Cyclones

PCP