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Quick reference on frequently used substances

Subs- tance	Street Name	Eaten	Free- base	Inhaled	Injected	Oral	Smoked	Sniffed	Sprayed into Mouth
Alcohol	Booze, brew, hooch, grog				Some- times
Amphe- tamines	Speed, ice, glass, crystal, crank, bennies, uppers
Barbit- urates	Downers barbs, blue heavens, yellow jackets, red devils				Some- times
Cannabis	Marijuana, pot, grass, hashish, hash oil, weed
Cocaine	Crack, coke, C, blow, flake, snow
LSD and other halluci- nogens	Derived synthe- tically from mushroom (psilo- cybin), from cactus (mes- caline), from glory seeds, jimson weed. Other examples include LSD ("acid") and PCP ("angel dust", "hog")
Painkillers -narcotic analgesic	Derived synthe- tically from Asian poppy; opium, codeine, morphine, heroin
Ritalin, Talwin	T and R
Solvents and aerosols	Glue, gas, sniff
Steroids	Juice, white stuff, roids
Subs- tance	Street Name	Eaten	Free- base	Inhaled	Injected	Oral	Smoked	Sniffed	Sprayed into Mouth

Adapted from: Canadian Aids Society. Under the Influence. Making the Connection Between HIV/AIDS and Substance Use, Canadian Public Health Association, October 1997, pp. 86-97

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