Foundations in Continuing Education

Substance Abuse and Chemical Dependency

Appendices


Chapter 1: Background Terminology

Chapter 2: Epidemiology

Chapter 3: Pathophysiology of Addiction

Chapter 4: Classification and Characteristics of Psychoactive Substances

Chapter 5: Treatment

Chapter 6: Identification of the Abusing Patient

Chapter 7: Implications for Dental Treatment

Chapter 8: Impaired Oral Health Team Members

Chapter 9: Conclusion

Appendix A: Glossary
Appendix B: Common
Slang Terms

Appendix C: Online
Resources

Appendix D: Treatment
and Informational
Related Resources

Appendix E: References
Appendix F: American
Psychiatric Assoc.
Diagnostic and
Statistical Manual of
Mental Disorders
(DSM-IV-TR)

Appendix G: Schedules
of Controlled
Substances

Appendix H: Substance
Abuse Community
Referral Resources

Post Examination

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Appendix B: Common Slang Terms

Alcohol - Booze, sauce, juice, grog, piss

Amphetamine - Uppers, bennies, black beauty, speed, crank, candy, upper, white cross

Barbiturate - Blue, barbs, M&M, red devil, sleeper, yellow jacket, goof balls, peanuts

Benzodiazepine - Downer, lib tranq, V

Booty bumping - Insertion of methamphetamine into the rectum prior to anal intercourse

Cocaine - Blow, girl, lady, sniff, snort, snow, toot, flake, Bernice, dream, nose candy

Codeine - School boy

Dextromethorphan - DMX, Skittling, Robo, Robo tripping

Fentanyl - By prescription: Actiq, Duragesic, and Sublimaze. Street names: Apache, China girl, China white, dance fever, friend, goodfella, jackpot, murder 8, TNT, Tango and Cash.

Heroin and Cocaine - Speedball, bombita

Heroin - Black tar, Harry, junk, crap, flea powder, H, smack, white horse, chiva, junk

Hydrocodone and muscle relaxer, Soma: Hillbilly heroin

Inhalant - Huff, sniff, whiteout, snappers

Amyl and Isobutyl Nitrite - Poppers, rush, snappers

LSD - Acid, tab, trip, purple haze, blaze

Marijuana laced with Opium - Thai Sticks

Marijuana - Pot, Colombian, herb, joint, stick, broccoli, weed

Mescaline - Peyote, chif, cactus

Methadone - Dollies, munk, jungle juice

Methamphetmine - Crystal meth, speed, crank

Methaqualone - Quaaludes, ludes, Valium

Morphine - M, cube, morf, mu

Narcotics - Hard stuff

Nitrous Oxide - Whippits, oz, laughing gas

PCP - Angel dust, hog, wack

Rohypnol - Date Rape Drug, roofies, rophies, ruffies, R2, robe

Smokable Cocaine - Crack, freebase, eggs

Smokable Methamphetamine - Ice

Tobacco - Butt, chew, weed, cig, chaw, smoke

Club Drugs - X, Adam, MDMA, G, Georgia Homeboy, Chalk

http://www.drugs.indiana.edu/drug-slang.aspx
http://www.streetdrugs.com

Continue on to Appendix C: Online Resources