When communicating with teens, it can sometimes feel like they’re speaking a foreign language. When it comes to teen drug slang, it might as well be another language. There are a number of terms that teenagers use to obscure their activities from adults.
While they may sound innocuous or just run-of-the-mill strange, your teen could be using them to buy or sell illicit substances. Here is a look at ten of some of the most frequently encountered of these drug slang terms.
- Reggie
Reggie is a term used to normally describe low-quality marijuana. However, it is sometimes used as a term for marijuana in general. - Molly
Molly is a form of high-quality ecstasy that is normally pure MDMA (the active ingredient in the drug). - E
E can refer to ecstasy, but it’s also commonly used as a unit of measurement for marijuana—an eighth of an ounce. - Re-up
Re-upping is the process of a drug dealer replenishing his inventory. Many will send a text message to regular buyers informing them that they have re-upped. - You good?
“You good?” is a common way of asking if someone has any drugs for sale without the intent of the message being obvious to unintended audiences - Kush
Kush is a particularly potent form of marijuana of the Indica variety. Its name comes from its original point of origin, the Hindu-Kush mountains. - Candy flipping
Candy flipping refers to taking LSD and ecstasy simultaneously. - Blotter
Blotter is a slang term for LSD. This name originates from blotting paper, which is a common medium for ingesting LSD in its liquid form. - Fire
Fire is used as an adjective to describe the potency of a particular drug. If something is “fire” it’s particularly powerful or good. - Lean
Lean refers to cough syrup containing Codeine. Lean is often mixed and drank with soda, but it’s also used to coat the paper used to roll a marijuana cigarette.
