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Illicit Drugs Compared

DRUG TYPE STREET NAME LOOKS LIKE DETECTABLE
IN BODY		 HOW USED
Marijuana Pot, Reefer, Grass, Weed, Dope, Ganja, Mary Jane, or Sinsemilla  Like dried parsley, with stems and/or seeds; rolled into cigarettes or cigars  2 days to 11 wks Smoked or eaten 
Tetrahydrocannabinol THC  Soft gelatin capsules  2 days to 11 wks Taken orally 
Hashish  Hash  Brown or black cakes or balls  2 days to 11 wks Smoked or eaten 
Hashish Oil  Hash Oil  Concentrated syrupy liquid varying in color from clear to black  2 days to 11 wks Smoked - mixed with tobacco 
Nitrous Oxide  Laughing gas or Whippets  Small 8-gram metal cylinder sold with a balloon or pipe propellant for whipped cream in aerosol spray can  unknown Vapors inhaled 
Amyl Nitrite  Poppers or Snappers  Clear yellowish liquid in ampules  unknown Vapors inhaled 
Butyl Nitrite  Rush, Bolt, Bullet, Locker Room, and Climax  In small bottles  unknown Vapors inhaled 
Chlorohydrocarbons Aerosol sprays or cleaning fluids  Aerosol paint cans  unknown Vapors inhaled 
Hydrocarbons  Solvents  Cans of aerosol propellants, gasoline, glue, paint thinner  unknown Vapors inhaled 
Cocaine Coke, Snow, Nose Candy, Flake, Blow, Big C, Lady, White, and Snowbirds  White crystalline powder  2 to 4 days Inhaled, injected 
Crack cocaine  Crack, rock, freebase  White to tan pellets or crystalline rocks that look like soap  2 to 4 days Smoked 
Amphetamines Speed, Uppers, Ups, Black beauties, Pep pills, Copilots, Bumblebees, Hearts, Benzedrine, Dexedrine, Footballs, and Biphetamine  Capsules, pills, tablets  8 to 24 hours Taken orally, injected, inhaled 
Methamphetamines  Crank, Crystal meth, Crystal methadrine, and Speed  White powder, pills, rock that resembles a block of paraffin  2 to 4 days Taken orally, injected, inhaled 
Additional Stimulants  Ritalin, Cylert, Preludin, Didrex, Pre-State, Voranil, Sandrex, and Plegine  Pills or capsules  2 to 4 days Taken orally, injected 
Barbiturates  Downers, Barbs, Blue Devils, Red Devils, Yellow Jacket, Yellows, Nembutal, Tuinals, Seconal, and Amytal  Red, yellow, blue, or red and blue capsules  2 to 10 days Taken orally 
Methaqualone  Quaaludes, Ludes, Sopors  Tablets  2 wks Taken orally 
Tranquilizers  Valium, Librium, Miltown, Serax, Equanil, Miltown, and Tranxene  Tablets or capsules  2 to 7 days Taken orally 
Phencyclidine PCP, Hog, Angel Dust, Loveboat, Lovely  What does it look like - Liquid, white crystalline powder, pills, capsules  2 to 8 days Taken orally, injected, smoked (sprayed on joints or cigarettes) 
Lysergic acid diethylamide LSD, Acid, Microdot, White lightning, Blue heaven, and Sugar Cubes  Colored tablets, blotter paper, clear liquid, thin squares of gelatin  8 hours Taken orally, licked off paper, gelatin, and liquid can be put in the eyes. 
Mescaline and Peyote Mesc, Buttons, and Cactus  Hard brown discs, tablets, capsules  2 to 3 days Discs - chewed, swallowed, or smoked or Tablets and capsules - taken orally 
Psilocybin  Magic Mushrooms, 'shrooms  Fresh or dried mushrooms  6 hours Chewed or swallowed 
Heroin  Smack, Horse, Mud, Brown sugar, Junk, Black tar, and Big H  White to dark-brown powder or tarlike substance  1 to 4 days Injected, smoked, or inhaled 
Codeine Empirin compound with codeine, Tylenol with codeine, Codeine in cough medicine  Dark liquid varying in thickness, capsules, tablets  1 to 2 days Taken orally, injected 
Morphine Pectoral syrup  White crystals, hypodermic tablets, or injectable solutions  1 to 3 days Taken orally, injected, or smoked 
Opium Paregoric, Dover's Powder, Parepectolin  Dark brown chunks, powder  1 to 2 days Smoked, eaten, or injected 
Meperidine  Pethidine, Demerol, Mepergan  White powder, solution, tablets  1 to 2 days Taken orally, injected 
Other narcotics  Percocet, Percodan, Tussionex, Fentanyl, Darvon, Talwin, and Lomotil  Tablets or capsules  8 to 24 hours Taken orally, injected 
Analog of Fentanyl (Narcotic)  Synthetic heroin, China white  White powder  unknown Inhaled, injected 
Analog of Meperidine (Narcotic)  MPTP (New heroin), MPPP, synthetic heroin  White powder  unknown Inhaled, injected 
Analog of Amphetamines or Methamphetamines (Hallucinogens)  MDMA (Ecstasy, XTC, Adam, Essence), MDM, STP, PMA, 2, 5-DMA, TMA, DOM, DOB, EVE  White powder, tablets, or capsules  unknown Taken orally, injected, or inhaled 
Analog of Phencyclidine (PCP)  PCPy, PCE  White powder  unknown Taken orally, injected, or smoked 

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