Youth Drug Prevention for Parents

How your child will grow into adulthood is greatly influenced by your actions and words. Their behaviours, decisions, and filters are shaped at a very early age and clear and consistent communication between parent and child is critical to help them understand what's expected of them. Keep talking, the most powerful tool you have with your teenagers is communication.

Drug Lingo
What does "4:20" (pronounced "four-twenty") mean to you?

To a drug user of any age, this can be a secret code for a time to get high. Where does it come from? There are different theories, one of which is that it came from 70's drug lingo, teenagers who are users today may know what it means.

The bottom line is you need to be aware of this or any other type language that appears unfamiliar. Visit these specific drug pages to learn other terms that can be used for drugs:

Cannabis (ex: Marijuana): Also Known As: acapulco gold, ace, bhang, bud, california sinsemilla, chronic, colombian, dope (cannabis), doobie, ganja, grass, green, hemp, herb, hippy, indian hemp, hydro, jamaican, jive (sticks), joint, kush, marihuana, marijuana, mary jane, mauie wowie, mexican, panama gold, panama red, pot, ragweed, reefer, sativa, sinse, stink, thai sticks, weed hashish, hash, hash oil, honey oil, weed oil.

Cocaine: Also known as: angie, blow, C, Charlie, coke, crack, flake, freebase, hard, Henry, nose candy, rock, snow, stardust, up

Ecstasy: Also Known As: adam, AKA, E, euphoria, hug drug, M, M&M, MDM, 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, MDMA, rave, X, XTC, the love drug, the party pill, hug, beans, clarity lover's, speed (ecstasy)

GHB: Also Known As: fantasy, G, gamma hydroxybutyrate, liquid ecstasy, liquid X, grievous bodily harm, organic quaalude, salty water, scoop, soap, easy lay, vita-G and georgia home boy.

Heroin: Also Known As: diacetylmorphine, diamorphine, black tar, dope (heroin), dust, H, horse, junk, smack, scag

Ketamine: Also Known As:
big K, blind, breakfast cereal, cat tranquillizers, horsey P, K, keller, ket, ketalar, ketty, kit-kat, K-rod, lady K, special K, super K, vitamin K, squid, wonk

LSD: Also Known As: acid, back breaker, blotter acid, blotters, boomers, cid, dot, dots, mellow yellow, barrels, California sunshine, cube, domes, flats, frogs, lids, wedges, microdot, purple haze, hits, sid, tabs, trips, window pane, yellow sunshine.

Methamphetamine: Also Known As: 222, chalk, crank, crystal, crystal meth, dirt, glass, hawaiian salt, fast, gak, gingo, grit, high speed chicken feed, ice, koolaid, kryptonite, ladies, peach, peanut butter, peanuts, pink, poor man's cocaine, rock candy, shabu, shards, sketch, soiks, speed (meth), spooch, stove top, tina, tweak, zip.

PCP (Phencyclidine): Also Known As: amoeba, angel dust, animal tranquillizer, Cadillac, CJ, crystal, crystal joint, cyclones, DOA (dead on arrival), dust, elephant tranquillizer, embalming fluid, goon, hog, horse tranquillizer, KJ, Lovely, love boat, mess, mist, peace pill, peace, ozone, rocket fuel, synthetic THC, scuffle, seams, sheet, snorts, super rods, surfer, synthetic marijuana, wack, zombie.

Psilocybin ("Magic Mushrooms"): Also Known As: magic, magic mushrooms, mushrooms, shrooms, mushies, fungus, fungus delight

*Source, National Anti-Drug Strategy, Government of Canada

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