Marijuana Pot, Reefer, Grass, Weed, Dope, Ganja, Mary Jane, or Sinsemilla Like dried parsley, with stems and/or seeds; rolled into cigarettes or cigars 2 days to 11 wks Smoked or eaten


Tetrahydrocannabinol THC Soft gelatin capsules 2 days to 11 wks Taken orally


Hashish Hash Brown or black cakes or balls 2 days to 11 wks Smoked or eaten


Hashish Oil Hash Oil Concentrated syrupy liquid varying in color from clear to black 2 days to 11 wks Smoked - mixed with tobacco


Nitrous Oxide Laughing gas or Whippets Small 8-gram metal cylinder sold with a balloon or pipe propellant for whipped cream in aerosol spray can unknown Vapors inhaled

Amyl Nitrite Poppers or Snappers Clear yellowish liquid in ampules unknown Vapors inhaled

Butyl Nitrite Rush, Bolt, Bullet, Locker Room, and Climax In small bottles unknown Vapors inhaled

Chlorohydrocarbons Aerosol sprays or cleaning fluids Aerosol paint cans unknown Vapors inhaled

Hydrocarbons Solvents Cans of aerosol propellants, gasoline, glue, paint thinner unknown Vapors inhaled

Cocaine Coke, Snow, Nose Candy, Flake, Blow, Big C, Lady, White, and Snowbirds White crystalline powder 2 to 4 days Inhaled, injected

Crack cocaine Crack, rock, freebase White to tan pellets or crystalline rocks that look like soap 2 to 4 days Smoked

Amphetamines Speed, Uppers, Ups, Black beauties, Pep pills, Copilots, Bumblebees, Hearts, Benzedrine, Dexedrine, Footballs, and Biphetamine Capsules, pills, tablets 8 to 24 hours Taken orally, injected, inhaled

Methamphetamines Crank, Crystal meth, Crystal methadrine, and Speed White powder, pills, rock that resembles a block of paraffin 2 to 4 days Taken orally, injected, inhaled

Additional Stimulants Ritalin, Cylert, Preludin, Didrex, Pre-State, Voranil, Sandrex, and Plegine Pills or capsules 2 to 4 days Taken orally, injected

Barbiturates Downers, Barbs, Blue Devils, Red Devils, Yellow Jacket, Yellows, Nembutal, Tuinals, Seconal, and Amytal Red, yellow, blue, or red and blue capsules 2 to 10 days Taken orally

Methaqualone Quaaludes, Ludes, Sopors Tablets 2 wks Taken orally

Tranquilizers Valium, Librium, Miltown, Serax, Equanil, Miltown, and Tranxene Tablets or capsules 2 to 7 days Taken orally

Phencyclidine PCP, Hog, Angel Dust, Loveboat, Lovely What does it look like - Liquid, white crystalline powder, pills, capsules 2 to 8 days Taken orally, injected, smoked (sprayed on joints or cigarettes)

Lysergic acid diethylamide LSD, Acid, Microdot, White lightning, Blue heaven, and Sugar Cubes Colored tablets, blotter paper, clear liquid, thin squares of gelatin 8 hours Taken orally, licked off paper, gelatin, and liquid can be put in the eyes.

Mescaline and Peyote Mesc, Buttons, and Cactus Hard brown discs, tablets, capsules 2 to 3 days Discs - chewed, swallowed, or smoked or Tablets and capsules - taken orally

Psilocybin Magic Mushrooms, 'shrooms Fresh or dried mushrooms 6 hours Chewed or swallowed

Heroin Smack, Horse, Mud, Brown sugar, Junk, Black tar, and Big H White to dark-brown powder or tarlike substance 1 to 4 days Injected, smoked, or inhaled

Codeine Empirin compound with codeine, Tylenol with codeine, Codeine in cough medicine Dark liquid varying in thickness, capsules, tablets 1 to 2 days Taken orally, injected

Morphine Pectoral syrup White crystals, hypodermic tablets, or injectable solutions 1 to 3 days Taken orally, injected, or smoked

Opium Paregoric, Dover's Powder, Parepectolin Dark brown chunks, powder 1 to 2 days Smoked, eaten, or injected

Meperidine Pethidine, Demerol, Mepergan White powder, solution, tablets 1 to 2 days Taken orally, injected

Other narcotics Percocet, Percodan, Tussionex, Fentanyl, Darvon, Talwin, and Lomotil Tablets or capsules 8 to 24 hours Taken orally, injected
Analog of Fentanyl (Narcotic) Synthetic heroin, China white White powder unknown Inhaled, injected

Analog of Meperidine (Narcotic) MPTP (New heroin), MPPP, synthetic heroin White powder unknown Inhaled, injected

Analog of Amphetamines or Methamphetamines (Hallucinogens) MDMA (Ecstasy, XTC, Adam, Essence), MDM, STP, PMA, 2, 5-DMA, TMA, DOM, DOB, EVE White powder, tablets, or capsules unknown Taken orally, injected, or inhaled

Analog of Phencyclidine (PCP) PCPy, PCE White powder unknown Taken orally, injected, or smoked