Other Names for Cocaine

Other Names for Cocaine

It is pretty common to find teens communicating in code words when they don’t want their teachers or parents to find out that they use cocaine or other similar derivative. The use of slang terminologies enables them to bond with fellow drug users and helps them keep their drug associated activities hidden from people who may try to stop them.Therefore, you need to be well informed and updated on other names for cocaine so you could easily identify and intervene before it’s too late to stop a teen from abusing cocaine and crank.

Other Names for Cocaine
1. Street Names for Cocaine
Cocaine is obtained from the plant called coca. Cocaine abuse can be done in numerous ways such as smoking, injecting or taking it through the nose by snorting. The popular names used for cocaine in the US are:

Coke	Big flakes	Rail
Candy	White	Smack
Toot	Flake	C
Baseball	Line	Cola
Base	Powder	Big rush
Nose candy	Bump	Stash
Blow	Snow	Pearl

2. Street Names for Crack Cocaine
Crack cocaine is available in the solid form. It is prepared by mixing powdered cocaine, water and baking soda; thereby making it extremely concentrated and addicting. Crack is used by placing the hard rock into the crack pipe through which it is smoked. Given below are the street names of crack cocaine:

Dice	Purple caps	Yam
Candy	Jelly beans	Nuggets
Rocks	Black rock	Scrabble
Grit	Cookies	Snow coke
Sleet	Chemical	Hard rock
Hail	Gravel	Tornado

3. Other Cocaine Related Slang Terms

• Terms About the Combinations of Cocaine and Other Drugs

It’s a very common practice for teen drug abusers to mix other drugs with cocaine. At many social events, using cocaine and drinking happen every now and then. Given below are the popular terms used for describing particular combinations of cocaine and other illegal drugs.

Terms	Meaning
Woolie, woolah, woo-woo	It contains marijuana sprinkled long with cocaine and rolled on the outer side of the blunt or cigar which is then used for smoking.
Candy flipping, whiz bang	It is a combination of cocaine and heroin which is used by injecting.
Juice point	It comprises of a marijuana joint which is sprinkled with crack.
P-funk	It is a combination of PCP and crack smoked together.
Sheet rocking	It’s a combination of LSD and crack.
Primos	Cocaine or cracked is rolled in a marijuana cigarette and smoked.
Snowcaps	Marijuana bong hits are sprinkled by cocaine and then used.

• Terms About the Use of Cocaine and Crack

As already discussed earlier, teens use other names for cocaine and crack purchasing and using. These slang terms are known to everyone in this drug business from the dealer to the user. Given below are following such codes.

Terms	Meaning
Rock house, base house	The place where teens get high on cocaine and crack
Stem, glass house, base pipe	It’s the glass pipe employed for smoking.
Freebase	A term used for cocaine and crack smoking
Eighthball	The 8th ounce of cocaine used
Boulder, twenty, bag of rocks, biscuits, 50, 150	The crack rock of varying quantities
Zoomer	Drug dealer selling fake cocaine or crack
Gank	Fake crack
Snort, toot	Inhaling of crack
Bump	Little quantity of cocaine
Line, rail	Line of cocaine
Amped	To get high on cocaine
Wake up	To get high on cocaine first thing after waking up
Hookup, dealer, connection, pumper, pusher	Person selling cocaine or crack
Tweaker	A cocaine user who’s only determined about getting high on it instead of doing other things

Signs of Cocaine Addiction
Following are the warning signs associated with cocaine abuse:

• Mood swings (rapid mood changes varying from elation to Depression or suicidal thoughts)


• Altered behavior and functioning


• Excessive anger especially when the abuser is confronted regarding their drug use habits or related behavior


• Altered personality


• Compromised physical appearance as a result of unattended personal hygiene


• The people addicted to cocaine may exhibit a strong change in their friends circle.They may begin stealing and manipulating others. Functional warning signs include social withdrawal, lack of motivation and failure to meet the work, school or home associated obligations.

How to Treat Cocaine Addiction
Knowing other names for cocaine is not enough, if there's addiction, it must be treated. For the treatment of cocaine addiction, drug abusercan stay at home most of the time and attend a routine based program conducted by the local alcohol and drug service. If the condition of the drug abuser is out of control, residential rehab program is recommended.

• Counseling Specialist

In order to yield better results, a combination of social support and specialist drugs counseling can be used. A skilled counselor will talk with the drug dependent people to help them cope with psychological issues associated with the cocaine addiction. On the other hand, social support involves seeking suitable accommodation, going back to education or work, forming a new social circle with people who do not use drugs.

• Mutual Support Group

The recovery time of each drug dependent individual depends on his/her condition. At times mutual support groups may also play a great role such as Narcotics Anonymous and Cocaine Anonymous. An alternate science-based group that also offers a recovery program to get rid of the addiction is SMART recovery. Cocaine abusers are likely to have cannabis and alcohol related issues. In such case special help is required.