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Addict In The Family
by Dr. Andrew Byrne
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GLOSSARY |
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| acid | LSD |
| barbs | barbiturates |
| benzo | drug of benzodiazepine family (cf. pills) |
| blockade | high dose methadone (loose term) |
| blue | overdosed |
| bolt | evade police or court (often interstate) |
| bombed | intoxicated |
| bombed | (of vein) injection into the tissues (= popped) |
| bong | apparatus for smoking drugs through water |
| bring down (v.) | administer naloxone as opioid antidote |
| can (n.) | prison |
| carck | to die (Aust. coll.) |
| chase the dragon | (arch.) smoke heroin or opium |
| clagged | blocked (of vein) (= bombed, popped) |
| crack | smoked cocaine (not used in Australia) |
| deal (n.) | quantity of drug (usually for a single day's use) |
| deal (v.) | buy and sell drugs |
| do doctors | attend numerous doctors for prescriptions |
| do chemists | steal from pharmacies |
| 'done | methadone |
| downer | sedative, usually benzodiazepine tranquillizer |
| drop (n.) | delivery of illicit substance |
| drop (v.) | to overdose |
| earner | robbery, cf. scam |
| eckies | ecstasy (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, MDMA) |
| fence | retailer of stolen property |
| fit (n.) | syringe and needle |
| fix (n. arch) | quantity of drug for immediate use |
| freebase | cocaine suitable for smoking i.e. 'crack' |
| ganja | cannabis flowering heads |
| gear | heroin |
| gear | steroids |
| geographical (n.) | a trip away to detoxify |
| goey | amphetamine |
| grass | cannabis |
| hammer | heroin |
| hang out (v) | to be in opioid withdrawal |
| 'hard' drug | more dangerous drug (eg heroin and cocaine) |
| harry | heroin |
| hash | hashish (derivation disputed: cannabis resin) |
| head | addict or compulsive user (e.g. 'pot' head) |
| hot shot | contaminated injection |
| hydro | hydroponically grown cannabis |
| inside | in jail |
| IVDU | intravenous drug user |
| joint | (trad.) cannabis cigarette |
| junkie | (trad.) young, street heroin addict |
| loaded up | falsely charged with drug possession |
| mandy | methaqualone compound (Mandrax) |
| MDMA | see ecstasy |
| moggies | Mogadon (nitrazepam - long acting tranquillizer) |
| Narcan | antidote to opioid overdose, given intravenously |
| narcotic | equivalent to opioid (US: also refers to cocaine) |
| nodding off | intoxicated with heroin (cf scratching, wasted) |
| O.D. | overdose |
| opioid | synthetic or natural drug with narcotic properties, e.g. morphine, pethidine, methadone (cf. opiate) |
| opiate | drug which is derived from the opium poppy: codeine, heroin, morphine, papaveretum |
| pills | tranquillizers, usually of benzodiazepine type |
| pinned out | having pin-point pupils; opioid intoxication |
| pot | cannabis, marijuana, ganga |
| qualud | (US arch.) methaqualone tablet |
| reefer | (arch.) cannabis cigarette |
| ripped | intoxicated (= stoned) |
| Rivotril | clonazepam, abused anti-convulsant (cf. benzo.) |
| roach | (arch.) butt of cannabis cigarette |
| rock | purest forms of heroin, e.g. pink r.; Bangkok r. |
| row-ees | Rohypnol tablets (flunitrazepam, Roche) |
| scag | (arch.) heroin |
| scam | robbery or set-up |
| score (v.) | obtain illicit drug (usually heroin or cocaine) |
| scratching | opiate intoxication (involuntary body scratching) |
| screws | prison wardens |
| sera's | Serepax (oxazepam) |
| shit | heroin |
| snort | intra-nasal insufflation (cocaine or heroin) |
| snowcone | cannabis bong with added cocaine or heroin |
| 'soft' drug | less dangerous drug (eg cannabis or ecstasy) |
| speed | amphetamine or metamphetamine |
| speedball | heroin and cocaine combination |
| stoned | intoxicated |
| thrombosis | vein which is clotted or infected |
| tolerance | the property of getting less effect with same dose |
| tracks | venipunctures, injection marks |
| trip (1) | episode on hallucinogen, usually LSD |
| trip (2) | voyage to obtain drugs (usually to Asia) |
| 'uppa' | stimulant drug (e.g. amphetamine) |
| wasted | severely intoxicated (usually from heroin) |
| weed | cannabis |
| 'weight' | dealer's "gram" of heroin (usually much less) |
| white lady | mixture of milk and methylated spirits |
| work (v.) | prostitution (male or female) |
| works (n.pl.) | needle, syringe, spoon, tourniquet and swabs |
| yawning | in opioid withdrawal |
| Dr. Andrew J. Byrne received the prestigious Marie Award at the 2006 national conference of the American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence. |
| For more information about pain management and opiate pain medication, check out ManagingChronicPain.org. |