Drugs A to Z
A
A2
(Piperazines)
Acid
(LSD)
Aerosols
(Glues, gases and aerosols )
Agaric
(Magic mushrooms)
Alcohol
(Booze / Bevvy)
Alcoholic drinks, such as beer, wine and spirits
Alpha-Methyltryptamine
(AMT)
Amani
(Magic mushrooms)
Amphetamine
(Speed)
Amphetamine Sulphate
(Speed)
Amsterdam Gold
(Synthetic cannabinoids)
AMT
(Alpha-Methyltryptamine / Amt freebase / Amt And 2-(1H-Indol-3-Yl)-1-Methyl-Ethylamine / Indopan)
A powerful hallucinogen with some stimulant effects, sold in white and coloured powders
Amt And 2-(1H-Indol-3-Yl)-1-Methyl-Ethylamine
(AMT)
Amt freebase
(AMT)
Amyls
(Poppers)
Anabolic steroids
(Roids / Juice / Melanotan / Sildenafil +3 more)
Tablets or injected liquid that some people take to build muscles or improve sports performance
Angel dust
(PCP)
Annihilation
(Synthetic cannabinoids)
Ayahuasca
(DMT)
B
Baccy
(Tobacco)
Balloons
(Nitrous oxide)
Banshee dust
(Methylphenidate)
Base
(Speed)
Bath Salts
(New psychoactive substances)
Beans
(Ecstasy)
Benzo Fury
(Benzofuran compounds)
Benzodiazepines
(Tranquillisers)
Benzofuran compounds
(WhitePearl / Benzo Fury / 6-Apdb / 6-Apb +2 more)
Stimulants like ecstasy and amphetamines (such as speed) sold in coloured pellets, white powder or coloured capsules
Benzos
(Tranquillisers)
Benzylpiperazine
(Piperazines)
Bevvy
(Alcohol)
Bhang
(Cannabis)
Billy
(Speed)
Black Mamba
(Synthetic cannabinoids)
Blast
(Piperazines)
Blotter
(LSD)
Blow
(Cocaine)
Blue Cheese
(Synthetic cannabinoids)
Blues
(Tranquillisers)
Bolts Extra Strength
(Piperazines)
Bom-25
(N-bomb)
Bombay Blue Extreme
(Synthetic cannabinoids)
Bonsai
(Phenazepam)
Bonsai supersleep
(Phenazepam)
Booze
(Alcohol)
Bounce
(Mephedrone)
Brown
(Heroin)
Brownies
(Ecstasy)
Bubble
(Mephedrone)
Bud
(Cannabis)
Burst
(Methylphenidate)
Butane
(Glues, gases and aerosols )
Butylone
(Cathinones)
BZP
(Piperazines)
C
C
(Cocaine)
Cannabis
(Weed / Skunk / Sinsemilla / Sensi +14 more)
Cannabis can be smoked, eaten and vaped – and is the UK’s most widely-used illegal drug
Carfentanyl
(Synthetic opioids)
Cathinones
(Pyrovalerone / Methylone / Mdpv / Magic Crystals +3 more)
The chemical, cathinone, is a naturally occurring stimulant drug found in the plant, khat
Chang
(Cocaine)
Charge
(Mephedrone)
Chargers
(Nitrous oxide)
Charlie
(Cocaine)
Chat
(Khat)
Cheer
(LSD)
Chicken Fever
(PMA)
Chicken Yellow
(PMA)
Ching
(Cocaine)
Ching
(Methylphenidate)
Chroming
(Glues, gases and aerosols )
Ciggies
(Tobacco)
Clockwork Orange
(Synthetic cannabinoids)
Co-codamol
(Codeine)
Cocaine
(Blow / Coke / Crack / Charlie +14 more)
A powerful stimulant that’s snorted as a powder (coke) or smoked from small rocks (crack)
Codeine
(Syrup / Nurofen Plus/Max / Cough Syrup / Codis500 +1 more)
A painkiller used to treat mild to moderate pain that’s available as tablets, syrup or as a liquid for injecting
Codis500
(Codeine)
Coke
(Cocaine)
Cosmic Kelly
(Piperazines)
Cough Syrup
(Codeine)
Cowies
(Ecstasy)
Crack
(Cocaine)
Crank
(Methamphetamine)
Crystal
(Ecstasy)
Crystal Meth
(Methamphetamine)
D
D2Pm
(2-DPMP)
Depas
(Etizolam)
Desoxypipradrol
(2-DPMP)
Devil's Weed
(Synthetic cannabinoids)
Dezolam
(Etizolam)
Diamorphine
(Opiate/Opioid painkillers)
Diazepam
(Tranquillisers)
Dimethocaine
(New psychoactive substances)
Dimitri
(DMT)
Dizzle
(Ecstasy)
DMT
(DMT / Dimitri / Ayahuasca)
A powerful hallucinogenic drug found in several plants that can be smoked, snorted or mixed with ayahuasca
DMT
(DMT)
Dolphins
(Ecstasy)
Donkey Dust
(Ketamine)
Dope
(Cannabis)
Dots
(LSD)
Double Stacked
(PMA)
Downers
(Tranquillisers)
Dr Death
(PMA)
Draw
(Cannabis)
Drone
(Mephedrone)
Drop
(LSD)
Dusting
(Glues, gases and aerosols )
E
E
(Ecstasy)
Eclipse
(Salvia)
Ecsess
(Synthetic cannabinoids)
Ecstasy
(Dizzle / Xtc / Superman / Rolexs +13 more)
A popular club drug that’s sold in pills (ecstasy) or as a powder (MDMA)
Eggs
(Tranquillisers)
Energy-1
(Naphyrone)
Energy1
(Naphyrone)
Eric 3
(New psychoactive substances)
Esp
(Piperazines)
Ethylphenidate
(Methylphenidate)
Eticalm
(Etizolam)
Etilaam
(Etizolam)
Etisedan
(Etizolam)
Etizola
(Etizolam)
Etizolam
(Zoly / Sylazepam / Pasaden / Mozun +7 more)
A medicine used in Japan and India to treat anxiety, insomnia and panic attacks, but which isn't licensed in the UK
Euphoria
(Piperazines)
Evoke
(Methylphenidate)
Exodus
(Piperazines)
Exodus Damnation
(Synthetic cannabinoids)
F
Fags
(Tobacco)
Fake cocaine
(Methylphenidate)
Fast Lane
(Piperazines)
Fenazepam
(Phenazepam)
Fentanyl
(Synthetic opioids)
Flake
(Cocaine)
Flash
(LSD)
Freebase
(Cocaine)
Frenzy
(Piperazines)
G
Gabapentin
(Neurontin)
A prescription only medicine used to treat epilepsy and neuropathic pain
Ganja
(Cannabis)
Gas
(Glues, gases and aerosols )
Gases
(Glues, gases and aerosols )
Gbh
(GHB & GBL)
Gbl
(GHB & GBL)
Gear
(Heroin)
Geebs
(GHB & GBL)
GHB & GBL
(Gbl / Gbh / Liquid Ecstasy / 1 +2 more)
Closely related drugs with similar sedative and anaesthetic effects. When consumed, GBL is converted into GHB in the body
Glass
(Methamphetamine)
Glue sniffing
(Glues, gases and aerosols )
Glues
(Glues, gases and aerosols )
Glues, gases and aerosols
(Whippets / Volatile substances / Tooting / Solvents +11 more)
A wide range of glues, gases and aerosols containing volatile substances, which people sniff to get high
Gogaine
(Methylphenidate)
Grass
(Cannabis)
Green
(Ketamine)
H
H
(Heroin)
Happy Pills
(Piperazines)
Hash
(Cannabis)
Hashish
(Cannabis)
Hawk
(LSD)
Herb
(Cannabis)
Heroin
(Smack / Skag / Horse / H +2 more)
A powerful opiate that’s usually sold as a white or brown powder
Hippie Crack
(Nitrous oxide)
Hog
(PCP)
Holy sage
(Salvia)
Hookah
(Tobacco)
Horse
(Heroin)
Hubble Bubble
(Tobacco)
Huffing
(Glues, gases and aerosols )
I
Ice
(Methamphetamine)
Image and performance enhancing drug (IPEDs)
(Melanotan / Sildenafil / Viagra / Smart drugs +1 more)
Drugs that can change a person’s appearance or body weight – such as steroids, diet drugs, erectile dysfunction drugs and ‘smart drugs’
Indopan
(AMT)
Inhalants
(Glues, gases and aerosols )
Inxity
(Etizolam)
Ivory wave
(2-DPMP)
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K
(Ketamine)
Ket
(Ketamine)
Ketamine
(VitaminK / Super K / Special K / K +4 more)
Ketamine is a hallucinogenic dissociative normally sold on the street as a grainy white powder
Khat
(Quat / Qat / Qaadka / Chat)
A leafy green plant containing stimulant drugs
Killer
(PMA)
Kix
(Poppers)
L
L
(LSD)
Laughing Gas
(Nitrous oxide)
Legal E
(Piperazines)
Legal X
(Piperazines)
Liberties
(Magic mushrooms)
Liberty Caps
(Magic mushrooms)
Lightning Flash
(LSD)
Linctus
(Methadone)
Liquid Acid
(LSD)
Liquid Ecstasy
(GHB & GBL)
Liquid Gold
(Poppers)
LSD
(Window / Trips / Tripper / Tab +16 more)
A chemical hallucinogen usually sold as small squares of paper, a liquid, or pellets (micro-dots)
Lucy
(LSD)
Lyrica
(Pregabalin)
M
M-CAT
(Mephedrone)
M-Smack
(Mephedrone)
M1
(Cathinones)
Magic Crystals
(Cathinones)
Magic mushrooms
(Shrooms / Philosopher's Stones / Mushies / Magics +4 more)
Wild mushrooms with hallucinogenic effects
Magics
(Magic mushrooms)
Mandy
(Ecstasy)
Marijuana
(Cannabis)
Mary Joy
(Synthetic cannabinoids)
Mazzies
(Tranquillisers)
MC
(Mephedrone)
MD
(Ecstasy)
Mdat
(New psychoactive substances)
MDMA
(Ecstasy)
Mdpv
(Cathinones)
Melanotan
(Anabolic steroids)
Melanotan
(Image and performance enhancing drug (IPEDs))
Meow Meow
(Mephedrone)
Meph
(Mephedrone)
Mephedrone
(White Magic / Miow / Meph / Meow Meow +8 more)
A powerful stimulant that’s often compared to drugs like cocaine and ecstasy
Mescaline
(PeyoteButtons / Peyote)
A hallucinogen that comes from button shaped seeds found in the peyote cactus
Meth
(Methamphetamine)
Methadone
(Physeptone / Mixture / Linctus)
A synthetic opiate used as an alternative to heroin
Methamphetamine
(Yaba / Tina And Christine / Meth / Ice +3 more)
Part of the amphetamine family of stimulant drugs
Methoxetamine (MXE)
(Roflcoptr / Rhino ket / Mxe / Moxy +3 more)
A white powder, chemically related to dissociative anaesthetics like ketamine and PCP, with similar effects
Methylnaphthidate
(Methylphenidate)
Methylone
(Cathinones)
Methylphenidate
(Ritalin / Propylphenidate / Posh / Nopaine +8 more)
A stimulant and a medication used to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Mexican magic mint
(Salvia)
Mexxy
(Methoxetamine (MXE))
Mexy
(Methoxetamine (MXE))
Micro Dot
(LSD)
Miow
(Mephedrone)
Mitsubishi Turbo
(PMA)
Mitsubishis
(Ecstasy)
Mixture
(Methadone)
Mket
(Methoxetamine (MXE))
Moggies
(Tranquillisers)
Molly
(Ecstasy)
Monkey Dust
(Cathinones)
Morphine
(Opiate/Opioid painkillers)
Moxy
(Methoxetamine (MXE))
Mozun
(Etizolam)
Mushies
(Magic mushrooms)
Mxe
(Methoxetamine (MXE))
N
N-bomb
(SmileyPaper / Bom-25 / 2C-I-Nbome / 25I-Nbome +1 more)
A powerful hallucinogen, similar to LSD, sold as tiny squares of paper
Naphyrone
(Rave / Nrg1 / Nrg-1 / Energy1 +1 more)
A stimulant drug closely related to the cathinone family, which includes mephedrone
Nemesis
(Piperazines)
Neurontin
(Gabapentin)
New psychoactive substances
(PlantFood / Nps / Mdat / Eric 3 +2 more)
Drugs containing one or more chemical substances that produce similar effects to drugs like cocaine, cannabis and ecstasy – and formerly known as 'legal highs'
Nitrous oxide
(Balloons / Nos / Whippits / Laughing Gas +3 more)
A colourless gas that people inhale, usually via a balloon
Nootropics
(Anabolic steroids)
Nootropics
(Image and performance enhancing drug (IPEDs))
Nopaine
(Methylphenidate)
Norries
(Tranquillisers)
Nos
(Nitrous oxide)
Noz
(Nitrous oxide)
Nps
(New psychoactive substances)
Nrg-1
(Naphyrone)
Nrg1
(Naphyrone)
Nurofen Plus/Max
(Codeine)
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Paper Mushrooms
(LSD)
Party Pills
(Piperazines)
Pasaden
(Etizolam)
Paste
(Speed)
PCP
(Phencyclidine / Peace pills / Hog / Angel dust)
An anaesthetic that can stop people feeling pain, but also cause hallucinations
Peace pills
(PCP)
Pebbles
(Cocaine)
Pep
(Piperazines)
Pep Love
(Piperazines)
Pep Stoned
(Piperazines)
Pep Twisted
(Piperazines)
Percy
(Cocaine)
Petrol
(Glues, gases and aerosols )
Peyote
(Mescaline)
PeyoteButtons
(Mescaline)
Phenazepam
(Fenazepam / Bonsai supersleep / Bonsai)
A powerful benzodiazepine that provides sedative effects, mainly sold either as a fine white powder or as a liquid
Phencyclidine
(PCP)
Philosopher's Stones
(Magic mushrooms)
Physeptone
(Methadone)
Pills
(Ecstasy)
Pink Ecstasy
(PMA)
Pink Mcdonalds
(PMA)
Pink Superman
(Ecstasy)
Piperazines
(The Good Stuff / Smileys / Silver Bullet / Rapture +20 more)
A broad class of chemical compounds which mimic the effects of ecstasy
PlantFood
(New psychoactive substances)
PMA
(Red Mitsubishi / Pmma / Pink Mcdonalds / Pink Ecstasy +6 more)
A drug that's similar to – but more dangerous than – MDMA (ecstasy)
Pmma
(PMA)
Pollen
(Cannabis)
Poppers
(TNT / Thrust / Rock Hard / Ram +3 more)
A liquid chemical sold in a small bottle, usually sniffed
Posh
(Methylphenidate)
Pot
(Cannabis)
Pregabalin
(Lyrica)
A prescription only medicine used to treat epilepsy, neuropathic pain and anxiety
Propylphenidate
(Methylphenidate)
Puff
(Cannabis)
Purple wave
(2-DPMP)
Pyrovalerone
(Cathinones)
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Rainbows
(LSD)
Ram
(Poppers)
Rapture
(Piperazines)
Rave
(Naphyrone)
Red Mitsubishi
(PMA)
Resin
(Cannabis)
Rhino ket
(Methoxetamine (MXE))
Ritalin
(Methylphenidate)
Rock Hard
(Poppers)
Rocks
(Cocaine)
Roflcoptr
(Methoxetamine (MXE))
Rohypnol
(Tranquillisers)
Roids
(Anabolic steroids)
Rolexs
(Ecstasy)
Rollies
(Tobacco)
Roofies
(Tranquillisers)
Rugby Balls
(Tranquillisers)
S
Salvia
(Mexican magic mint / Holy sage / Eclipse)
A Mexican plant with leaves containing psychoactive chemicals that produce hallucinations when chewed or smoked
Sensi
(Cannabis)
Seventh-Heaven
(2C)
Shisha
(Tobacco)
Shrooms
(Magic mushrooms)
Sildenafil
(Anabolic steroids)
Sildenafil
(Image and performance enhancing drug (IPEDs))
Silver Bullet
(Piperazines)
Sinsemilla
(Cannabis)
Skag
(Heroin)
Skunk
(Cannabis)
Smack
(Heroin)
Smart drugs
(Anabolic steroids)
Smart drugs
(Image and performance enhancing drug (IPEDs))
SmileyPaper
(N-bomb)
Smileys
(Piperazines)
Smilies
(LSD)
Smokes
(Tobacco)
Sniff
(Cocaine)
Snow
(Cocaine)
Solvents
(Glues, gases and aerosols )
Special K
(Ketamine)
Speed
(Whizz / Sulph / Paste / Billy +3 more)
A powerful stimulant that keeps people alert, usually sold as an off-white or pinkish powder – that sometimes look like small crystals
Spice
(Synthetic cannabinoids)
Stars
(LSD)
Stones
(Cocaine)
Sulph
(Speed)
Super K
(Ketamine)
Superman
(Ecstasy)
Sylazepam
(Etizolam)
Synthetic cannabinoids
(X / Tai High Hawaiian Haze / Spice / Mary Joy +9 more)
Chemicals designed to act like the main psychoactive chemical in cannabis
Synthetic opioids
(Fentanyl / Carfentanyl)
Man-made drugs that mimic the effects of natural opioids (such as opium or heroin)
Syrup
(Codeine)
T
T-7
(2C)
Tab
(LSD)
Tai High Hawaiian Haze
(Synthetic cannabinoids)
The Good Stuff
(Piperazines)
Thrust
(Poppers)
Tina And Christine
(Methamphetamine)
TNT
(Poppers)
Tobacco
(Smokes / Shisha / Rollies / Hubble Bubble +4 more)
Tobacco is found in cigarettes which you smoke
Toot
(Cocaine)
Tooting
(Glues, gases and aerosols )
Tramadol
(Ultram / Tramal)
A prescription painkiller that people can get addicted to and abuse
Tramal
(Tramadol)
Tranquillisers
(Xanax / Vallies / Rugby Balls / Roofies +12 more)
Minor tranquillisers can induce periods of calmness, relaxation and sleep, and are used to treat anxiety and insomnia
Tripper
(LSD)
Trips
(LSD)
Tripstacy
(2C)
Tryptamines
A family of drugs that share a similar chemical structure and can produce hallucinations
These drugs appear to be no longer widely used
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Valium
(Tranquillisers)
Vallies
(Tranquillisers)
VanillaSky
(2-DPMP)
Viagra
(Anabolic steroids)
Viagra
(Image and performance enhancing drug (IPEDs))
VitaminK
(Ketamine)
Volatile substances
(Glues, gases and aerosols )
W
Wash
(Cocaine)
Weed
(Cannabis)
Whippets
(Glues, gases and aerosols )
Whippits
(Nitrous oxide)
White
(Cocaine)
White Magic
(Mephedrone)
WhitePearl
(Benzofuran compounds)
Whizz
(Speed)
Window
(LSD)
Wonk
(Ketamine)
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2-Diphenylmethylpyrrolidine
(2-DPMP)
2-DPMP
(VanillaSky / Purple wave / Ivory wave / Desoxypipradrol +2 more)
A powerful stimulant that has amphetamine-like stimulant effects similar to speed
This drug appears to be no longer widely used
25I
(N-bomb)
25I-Nbome
(N-bomb)
2C
(Tripstacy / T-7 / Seventh-Heaven / 7-UP +4 more)
2C drugs – such as 2CB, 2CI and 2CE – have hallucinogenic and stimulant effects
2C-I-Nbome
(N-bomb)
2CB
(2C)
2CE
(2C)
2CI
(2C)
2CT
(2C)
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5-Apb
(Benzofuran compounds)
5-Apdb
(Benzofuran compounds)
5-IT
(6-it)
A relatively new type of stimulant sold as light brown or brown powder, tablets and in capsules of various colours
This drug appears to be no longer widely used
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