DEA Slang

Wed Oct 12 22:41:05 UTC 2005

slang cites from _Microgram_, bulletin of the DEA.

Mikey
"Fentanyl Tablets in Polk County, Florida" _MICROGRAM BULLETIN_, VOL.
XXXVI, NO. 11, NOVEMBER 2003 p. 249.
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/programs/forensicsci/microgram/mg1103/mg1103.pd
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"The tablets were seized during a probation check from a local drug user
who is a so-called "Mikey" (a volunteer "guinea pig" who is willing to
"test" (by self-administration) illicit drugs and drug mixtures of
virtually any type.)"

tweaker
"METHAMPHETAMINE MYTHS"
[From the NDIC Narcotics Digest Weekly 2005;4(2):1]
MICROGRAM BULLETIN, VOL. XXXVIII, NO. 2, FEBRUARY 2005 p. 35
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/programs/forensicsci/microgram/mg0205/mg0205.pd
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"Chronic methamphetamine abusers -- commonly known as tweakers -- are
the driving forces behind the most common methamphetamine myths."

tweaking
"METHAMPHETAMINE MYTHS"
[From the NDIC Narcotics Digest Weekly 2005;4(2):1]
MICROGRAM BULLETIN, VOL. XXXVIII, NO. 2, FEBRUARY 2005 p. 35
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/programs/forensicsci/microgram/mg0205/mg0205.pd
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"The most dangerous stage of the binge cycle is known as tweaking.
During the tweaking stage, the tweaker has not slept in days, becomes
paranoid, and has an intense craving for more methamphetamine."

andro
"ANABOLIC STEROID CONTROL ACT OF 2004"
MICROGRAM BULLETIN, VOL. XXXVII, NO. 12, DECEMBER 2004 p. 210
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/programs/forensicsci/microgram/mg1204/mg1204.pd
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"This list includes the substance 4-androstenedione, also known as
"Andro"."

U4Euh, euphoria, intellex, ecstasy, ice
"4-METHYLAMINOREX/MDMA/METHAMPHETAMINE LABORATORY IN FORT LAUDERDALE"
MICROGRAM BULLETIN, VOL. XXXVIII, NO. 2, FEBRUARY 2005 Page 31
[From the NDIC Narcotics Digest Weekly 2005;4(4):1]
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/programs/forensicsci/microgram/mg0205/mg0205.pd
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"On December 2, 2004, Fort Lauderdale Police officers and Drug
Enforcement Administration
(DEA) agents responding to an anonymous tip seized an operational
laboratory used to make
three illegal drugs - 4-methylaminorex (also known as U4Euh, euphoria,
and intellex), MDMA
(3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, also known as ecstasy), and crystal
methamphetamine
(also known as ice)."

foxy-methoxy
"ECSTASY MIMIC TABLETS CONTAINING
5-METHOXY-N-METHYLN-ISOPROPYLTRYPTAMINE (5-MeO-MiPT) IN WASHINGTON, DC"
MICROGRAM BULLETIN, VOL. XXXVIII, NO. 3, MARCH 2005 p. 46
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"5-MeO-MiPT is controlled (Schedule I) as an analogue of 5-methoxy-N,N-
diisopropyltryptamine (5-MeO-DIPT, also known as "Foxy-Methoxy")."

graba
" FRESH AND DRIED KHAT IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA"
MICROGRAM BULLETIN, VOL. XXXVIII, NO. 3, MARCH 2005 Page 46
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/programs/forensicsci/microgram/mg0305/mg0305.pd
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"These are the first submissions of khat seen by the laboratory in eight
years, and the first
ever submission of dried khat ("graba")."

ya-ba, Thai Tabs
" "YA-BA" TABLETS SEALED IN PLASTIC STRAWS IN HONOLULU, HAWAII"
MICROGRAM BULLETIN, VOL. XXXVII, NO. 1, JANUARY 2004 Page 5
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/programs/forensicsci/microgram/mg0104/mg0104.pd
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"The Source Determination Program of the DEA Special Testing and
Research Laboratory
(Dulles, Virginia) recently received some "Ya-Ba" tablets (also known as
"Thai Tabs") heatsealed
in what appeared to be plastic drinking straws."

boat
"ECSTASY AND CLUB DRUG TRAFFICKING IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST"
MICROGRAM BULLETIN, VOL. XXXVII, NO. 1, JANUARY 2004 Page 11
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/programs/forensicsci/microgram/mg0104/mg0104.pd
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"The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in Vancouver, British
Colombia, has noted an increase in the supply of seized MDMA, with
1,000-tablet shipments, known as "boat" shipments, the most common."

foxy, foxy methoxy
"ECSTASY AND CLUB DRUG TRAFFICKING IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST"
MICROGRAM BULLETIN, VOL. XXXVII, NO. 1, JANUARY 2004 Page 16
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/programs/forensicsci/microgram/mg0104/mg0104.pd
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"In a Boise investigation, an individual was prosecuted under the analog
act for distribution of 5MeO-DIPT, known as "Foxy" and "Foxy Methoxy.""

Nexus
"ECSTASY AND CLUB DRUG TRAFFICKING IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST"
MICROGRAM BULLETIN, VOL. XXXVII, NO. 1, JANUARY 2004 Page 16
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/programs/forensicsci/microgram/mg0104/mg0104.pd
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"The drug, 4-bromo-2, 5-dimethoxyphenethylamine (2C-B), known as
"Nexus," has recently been identified in the Seattle FD. "

blue mystic
"ECSTASY AND CLUB DRUG TRAFFICKING IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST"
MICROGRAM BULLETIN, VOL. XXXVII, NO. 1, JANUARY 2004 Page 16
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/programs/forensicsci/microgram/mg0104/mg0104.pd
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"The synthetic, 2,5-dimethoxy-4-(N)-propylthiophenethylamine (2-CT-7),
also known as "Blue Mystic," is
a common drug in the Ecstasy and club drug scene."

[synonyms for khat -- see quote]
"Information Bulletin: Khat (Catha Edulis)."
MICROGRAM BULLETIN, VOL. XXXVI, NO. 7, JULY 2003 p. 158
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/programs/forensicsci/microgram/mg0703/03jul-mb.
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"Khat (Catha edulis)--also known as African salad, bushman's tea, gat,
kat, miraa, qat, chat, tohai, and
tschat--is a flowering shrub native to northeast Africa and the Arabian
Peninsula."

tootsie rolls
"OPIUM "TOOTSIE ROLLS" INSIDE A CASKET FROM THAILAND"
MICROGRAM BULLETIN, VOL. XXXVI, NO. 11, NOVEMBER 2003 p. 249
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/programs/forensicsci/microgram/mg1103/mg1103.pd
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"The DEA North Central Laboratory (Chicago, Illinois) recently received
38 rectangular packages
consisting of clear packaging tape over a brown leafy substance over
flat rolled pieces of plastic
containing a black tacky substance, suspected opium (see Photos 2 and
3). The packets (which
are locally known as "Tootsie Rolls") varied in size from 1 x 1 x 1 inch
to 1 x 1 x 16 inches,
and were originally seized by U.S. Customs Service Inspectors from a
casket arriving at the Los
Angeles International Airport on a flight from Thailand."

PCP, Peace Pills
"PCP: The Threat Remains"
MICROGRAM BULLETIN, VOL. XXXVI, NO. 8, AUGUST 2003 Page 183
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/programs/forensicsci/microgram/mg0803/mg0803.pd
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"The acronym PCP is believed to have been derived from the phrase "Peace
Pills" (PeaCe Pills)."

Vitamin G
"NEURONTIN BEING DIVERTED AND DISTRIBUTED IN NEW HAMPSHIRE"
[From the NDIC Narcotics Digest Weekly 2004;3(35):1]
MICROGRAM BULLETIN, VOL. XXXVII, NO. 9, SEPTEMBER 2004 p. 168
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/programs/forensicsci/microgram/mg0904/mg0904.pd
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"Neurontin rarely is encountered as a diverted pharmaceutical; however,
law
enforcement reporting indicates that the drug (sometimes referred to as
Vitamin G) increasingly
is being abused. Neurontin is the brand name of the pharmaceutical drug
gabapentin and is
distributed as a capsule (100 mg, 300 mg, and 400 mg dosages), tablet
(600 mg and 800 mg
dosages), and liquid (5 ml)."

[PCP synomyms -- see quote]
"PCP: The Threat Remains"
MICROGRAM BULLETIN, VOL. XXXVI, NO. 8, AUGUST 2003 Page 182
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/programs/forensicsci/microgram/mg0803/mg0803.pd
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"On the street, PCP is commonly referred to as Angel Dust, Hog, Ozone,
Rocket Fuel, Shermans, Wack, Crystal, and Embalming Fluid. PCP combined
with marijuana is referred to as Killer Joints, Super Grass, Fry,
Lovelies, Wets, and Waters. Today, PCP joints are often referred to as
"dippers" because users dip the joints into a PCP-laced liquid referred
to as "water." "

torbo
"Butorphanol" Eric L. Jordan and Allen J. Catterton
MICROGRAM BULLETIN, VOL. XXXVI, NO. 1, JANUARY 2003 Page 13
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/programs/forensicsci/microgram/mg0103/03jan-mb.
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"Tennessee veterinarian Timothy A. Williams, DMV, whose office is close
to a college campus, has had to rigorously restrict butorphanol
prescriptions to clients with valid veterinary requirements, and then
only after a valid patient-client-veterinarian relationship has been
established, due to recreational abuse by the students. According to Dr.
Williams, butorphanol is colloquially referred to by the students as
"Torbo." " [Etymology:  Quote from p. 11: "For veterinary use,
butorphanol is prescribed as an analgesic and antitussive under the
trade names Torbutrol (Fort Dodge) and Torbugesic (Fort Dodge)."]