X: Ecstasy or 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA). "The drug of choice among women with eating disorders is almost invariably cocaine." A stimulant, cocaine can decrease appetite. "After all this time, alcohol and pot are still the most used drugs by teens, but cocaine is really a strong third, especially with females, because of the weight issue," says Janice Styer, MSW, a clinical coordinator-addictions counselor at Caron Treatment Center in Wernersville, Pa. Synonyms include Charlie, crack, coke, dust, flake, freebase, lady, nose candy, powder, rock, rails, snowbirds, toot, white, and yahoo, according to Phoenix House. Synonyms include Big H, brown sugar, dope, golden girls, H, horse, junk, poison, skag, smack, sweet dreams, tar, and train, according to the web site of Phoenix House, a national alcohol and drug abuse treatment and prevention facility.Ĭrunk: This is a verb that means to get high and drunk at the same time. "Crystal meth is smoked, but meth can be injected, snorted, or taken as a pill," he explains.Īntifreeze: Heroin. " Crystal methamphetamine is called ice," says Cleveland Clinic's Pollock. Synonyms include meth, speed, chalk, white cross, fire, and glass. Synonyms include vitamin K, breakfast cereal, cat valium, horse tranquilizer, K, Ket, new ecstasy, psychedelic heroin, and super acid.Ĭrank: The stimulant methamphetamine. 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. Gray, MD, an assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. "The triple C or CCC is something that we are seeing a lot of, and that is specific to Coricidin, but anything with DXM is abused today," adds Kevin M. Triple C: This stands for Coricidin HBP Cough and Cold. Synonyms include robotripping or robodosing because users tend to chug Robitussin or another cough syrup to get high. "Cold medicine abuse is a very serious problem, from what I have seen, because it is so available."ĭexing: Abusing cough syrup. "Tussin is a very popular name that’s has been catching on lately," says Pollock. Synonyms for DXM include Candy, Dex, DM, Drex, Red Devils, Robo, Rojo, Skittles, Tussin, Velvet, Poor Man's X, and Vitamin D. After 900 milligrams, it becomes a hallucinogen. Here's what you need to know about teens and drugs today: Cold Medicine Abuseĭextromethorphan (DXM) : This is a drug contained in over-the-counter cough suppressants. That's why WebMD 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.
But the more they understand what these things mean, the more they will be able to monitor kids’ behavior," says Gregory Pollock, a psychotherapist specializing in addiction at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Ohio. slang, because just like with text messaging, kids use all these abbreviations and parents don’t know what they mean. "It's very important that parents brush up on. How would you know if you don't even know what that means?
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