Also called: Physeptone, Mixture, Linctus A synthetic opiate used as an alternative to heroin What does it look like? Methadone prescribed to people trying to come off street heroin is usually a green liquid that is swallowed, but it can come in tablet or injectable form. How do people take it? Methadone is a synthetic
Also called: LSD, Window, Trips, Tripper, Tab, Stars, Smilies, Rainbows, Paper Mushrooms, Micro Dot, Lucy, Liquid Acid, Lightning Flash, L, Hawk, Flash, Drop, Dots, Cheer, Blotter A chemical hallucinogen usually sold as small squares of paper, a liquid, or pellets (micro-dots) What does it look like? LSD is usually sold as small squares of paper
Also called: Weed, Skunk, Sinsemilla, Sensi, Resin, Puff, Pot, Marijuana, Herb, Hashish, Hash, Grass, Ganja, Draw, Dope, Bud, Bhang, Pollen Cannabis can be smoked, eaten and vaped – and is the UK’s most widely-used illegal drug What does it look like? Soft black resin, furry green leaves and hard brown lumps, cannabis can look very
Also called: Vallies, Rugby, Balls, Roofies, Rohypnol, Norries, Moggies, Mazzies, Jellies, Eggs, Downers, Blues, Benzos, Benzodiazepines, Valium, Diazepam Minor tranquillisers can induce periods of calmness, relaxation and sleep, and are used to treat anxiety and insomnia What does it look like? There are two types of tranquillisers: ‘major’ (which are non-addictive antipsychotics) and ‘minor’ (which
Also called: Dizzle, Xtc, Superman, Rolexs, Pink Superman, Pills, Mitsubishis, MDMA, Mandy, E, Dolphins, Crystal, Cowies, Brownies, Beans, MD A popular club drug that’s sold in pills (ecstasy) or as a powder (MDMA) What does it look like? Ecstasy comes in pill or powder form. When it’s a powder it’s called by its chemical name,
Also called: Yaba, Tina And Christine, Meth, Ice, Glass, Crystal Meth, Crank Part of the amphetamine family of stimulant drugs What does it look like? Methamphetamine can come in several different forms – including tablets, powder, or crystals. The tablets are sometimes referred to as yaba and the smokeable crystals are often called crystal meth
Also called: Dizzle, Xtc, Superman, Rolexs, Pink Superman, Pills, Mitsubishis, MDMA, Mandy, E, Dolphins, Crystal, Cowies, Brownies, Molly, Beans, MD A popular club drug that’s sold in pills (ecstasy) or as a powder (MDMA) What does it look like? Ecstasy comes in pill or powder form. When it’s a powder it’s called by its chemical
Also called: Shrooms, Philosopher’s Stones, Mushies, Magics, Liberty Caps, Liberties, Amani, Agaric Wild mushrooms with hallucinogenic effects What does it look like? Many poisonous mushrooms look very similar to ‘magic mushrooms’ and it’s easy for pickers to mistake them. People have fallen severely ill or even died from eating a poisonous mushroom. Magic mushrooms are
How it looks, tastes and smells What does it look like? As it’s cut with different substances, the colour of street heroin in the UK ranges from brownish white to brown. Heroin is a drug made from morphine, which is extracted from the opium poppy. Drugs made from opium are called opiates, and are often
What does it look like? There are three types of cocaine: coke, crack and freebase. Coke looks like a fine white powder Crack looks like small lumps or rocks Freebase looks like a crystallised powder What does it taste/smell like? Cocaine powder has a bitter ‘chemical’ taste and smell, while crack cocaine can smell like