DEA Slang

Thu Oct 13 13:25:17 UTC 2005

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> 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.
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>> 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.)"
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> 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!
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> -Wilson Gray

I do.
Thomas Paikeday

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>> 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