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In 2017 the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency declassified a report that listed all known nicknames, street terms, and strain names for various illegal drugs. Some of them refer to the color or shape of the product and others refer to…well, we don’t really know. Regardless, please remember: Drugs are no laughing matter—even if some of these names for them are.

MARIJUANA

Blue Cheese

Gorilla Glue

Barbara Jean

Love Nuggets

Mother

Platinum Jack

Acapulco Gold

Big Pillows

Animal Cookies

Christmas Tree

Burritos Verdes

Gummy Bears

Hairy Ones

METHAMPHETAMINE

Colorado Rockies

Hawaiian Salt

Chicken Powder

Accordion Pantalones

Bud Light

Peanut Butter Crank

Witches’ Teeth

Pointy Ones

PCP

Water

Butt Naked

Dummy Dust

Horse Tracks

Alien Sex Fiend (when mixed with heroin)

Black Whack

Amoeba

Detroit Pink

Love Boat

Gorilla Biscuits

Embalming Fluid

Leaky Leak

T-Buzz

PRESCRIPTION PAINKILLERS

Rims

Wheels

Bananas

Blueberries

Hillbilly Heroin

Hulk

School Bus

OPIUM

Chocolate

Dream Gum

Gondola

Aunt Emma

Joy Plant

Chinese Molasses

Zero

Cruz

Midnight Oil

Toys

MDMA (ECSTASY)

Kleenex

Baby Slits

Scooby Snacks

Skittle

Doctor

Disco Biscuits

MUSHROOMS

Hongos

Alice

Boomers

Silly Putty

Anna Strong, a Revolutionary War spy, sent coded messages by hanging petticoats and handkerchiefs on her clothesline.