DEA Slang

[Wilson Gray]

On 10/12/05, Mullins, Bill <Bill.Mullins at us.army.mil> wrote:
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> 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
> f
> "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.)"

Does anyone else remember the cereal commercials featuring a very
picky kid named "Mikey"? If Mikey would eat it, the cereal *had* to be
good!

-Wilson Gray

> 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
> f
> "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
> f
> "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
> f
> "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
> f
> "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
> http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/programs/forensicsci/microgram/mg0305/mg0305.pd
> f
> "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
> f
> "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
> f
> "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
> f
> "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
> f
> "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
> f
> "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
> f
> "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.
> pdf
> "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
> f
> "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
> f
> "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
> f
> "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
> f
> "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.
> pdf
> "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)."]
>


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-Wilson Gray