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Is your teen robotripping on CCC?  How would you know if you don't even know what that means?    

Dextromethorphan (DXM): This is a drug contained in over-the-counter cough suppressants. After 900 milligrams, it becomes a hallucinogen.

Synonyms for DXM include Candy, Dex, DM, Drex, Red Devils, Robo, Rojo, Skittles, Tussin, Velvet, Poor Man's X, and Vitamin D.

Tussin is a very popular name that's has been catching on lately.  Cold medicine abuse is a very serious problem because it is so available.

It's very important that parents brush up on teen drug slang, because just like with text messaging, kids use all these abbreviations and parents don't know what they mean. The more people understand what these things mean, the more they will be able to monitor teen behavior.  That's why we went directly to the experts on the front lines of teen drug abuse to get a better handle on the today's teenage drug slang.

Here's what you need to know about teens and drugs today:

Special K: A medication used as an anesthetic in humans and animals, ketamine is sometimes abused as a "club drug." It can cause hallucinations and euphoria in higher doses. Synonyms include vitamin K, breakfast cereal, cat valium, horse tranquilizer, K, Ket, new ecstasy, psychedelic heroin, and super acid.

Crank: The stimulant methamphetamine. Synonyms include meth, speed, chalk, white cross, fire, and glass.

Antifreeze: Heroin. Synonyms include Big H, brown sugar, dope, golden girls, H, horse, junk, poison, skag, smack, sweet dreams, tar, and train.

Crunk: This is a verb that means to get high and drunk at the same time.

Snow: Cocaine. Synonyms include Charlie, crack, coke, dust, flake, freebase, lady, nose candy, powder, rock, rails, snowbirds, toot, white, and yahoo, according to Phoenix House. X: Ecstasy or 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA). Synonyms include Adam, E, bean, clarity, essence, lovers speed, MDMA, roll, stacy, XTC.

Georgia Home Boy: This refers to Gamma Hydroxybutyrate (GHB), a central nervous system depressant can produce euphoric, sedative, and body-building effects. Other synonyms include Gamma-OH, Grievous Bodily Harm, Liquid Ecstasy, Liquid E, Liquid X, Organic Quaalude, and Scoop.

Roofies: This refers to rohypnol, a.k.a. the date rape drug. Synonyms include the forget pill, La Rocha, Mexican valium, R-2, rib, roachies, roofenol, rophies, roche (pronounced roe-shay), and rope.

Kibbles and bits: The attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) drug called Ritalin. It is sometimes also referred to as pineapple.

Cheese: This is a hazardous mix of black tar heroin and Tylenol PM or other medicines containing diphenhydramine). It looks like grated parmesan cheese -- thus the name.

Candy flipping: This term refers to a high that's achieved by combining LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) or acid with ecstasy. 

BEGINNING WITH THIS PAGE WE WILL DO AN ALPHABETICAL RUNDOWN OF DRUG SLANG TERMINOLOGY:

"A"

a-bomb - Marijuana cigarette with heroin or opium

a-boot - Under the influence of drugs

abandominiums - Abandoned row houses where drugs are used

abe - $5 worth of drugs

abe's cabe - $5 bill

abolic - Veterinary steroids

ac/dc - Codeine cough syrup

acapulco gold - Marijuana from S.W. Mexico

acapulco red - Marijuana

ace - Marijuana cigarette

acid - LSD

acid cube - Sugar cube containing LSD

acid freak - Heavy user of LSD

acid head - User of LSD

acido - Hallucinogens; LSD

ad - drug addict

adam - Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)

aeon flux - Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)

afgani indica - Marijuana

african - Marijuana

african black - Marijuana

african bush - Marijuana

african woodbine - Marijuana cigarette

agonies - Withdrawal symptoms

ah-pen-yen - Opium

aimes - Amyl nitrite

aimies - Amphetamine; amyl nitrite

aip - Heroin from Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan

air blast - Inhalants

airhead - Marijuana user

airplane - Marijuana

al capone - Heroin

alice b. toklas - Marijuana brownie

all lit up - Under the influence of drugs

all star - User of multiple drugs

all-american drug - Cocaine

alpha-et - Alpha-ethyltryptamine

ames - Amyl nitrite

amidone - Methadone

amoeba - PCP

amp - Amphetamine

amp head - LSD user

amp joint - Marijuana cigarette laced with some form of narcotic

amped - High on amphetamines

amped-out - Fatigue after using amphetamine

amphets - Amphetamine

amping - Accelerated heartbeat

amt - Dimethyltryptamine

amys - Amyl nitrite

anadrol - Oral steroids

anatrofin - Injectable steroids

anavar - Oral steroids

angel - PCP

angel dust - PCP

angel hair - PCP

angel mist - PCP

angel poke - PCP

angel powder - cocaine

angie - Cocaine

angola - Marijuana

animal - LSD

animal trank - PCP

animal tranq - PCP

animal tranquilizer - PCP

antifreeze - Heroin

apache - Fentanyl

apple jacks - Crack Cocaine

are you anywhere? - Do you use marijuana?

aries - Heroin

arnolds - Steroids

aroma of men - Isobutyl nitrite

around the turn - Having gone through withdrawal period

artillery - Equipment for injecting drugs

ashes - Marijuana

aspirin - Powder cocaine

assassin of youth - Marijuana

astro turf - Marijuana

atom bomb - Marijuana mixed with heroin

atshitshi - Marijuana

aunt - Powder cocaine

aunt hazel - Heroin

aunt mary - Marijuana

aunt nora - Cocaine

aunti - Opium

aunti emma - Opium

aurora borealis - PCP

author - Doctor who writes illegal prescriptions