If you hear that a young person is trying to buy some "smack," would you recognize the slang for heroin?
Drug traffickers and users adopt different words to hide the fact that they are talking about illegal drugs. Visit our Drug Index to read up on the latest slang and then take our quiz to test your knowledge.
The parallel vocabulary for drugs also extends to symbols used to buy and sell drugs on social media. For instance, did you know that a lightning bolt emoji can mean MDMA and a banana can represent Percocet? Check out our emoji fact sheet, available in both English and Spanish.
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