![]() There is no shortage of nicknames or slang used to reference it. This list doesn’t begin to cover the long and ever-growing list of cocaine street names. These combinations fall into another class of street names including: Still in other instances, cocaine users may come up with an entirely different name, if mixed with other drugs like PCP, heroin, ecstasy, LSD, or marijuana. Though technically, speed is a type of amphetamine, the feelings the user experiences while high on cocaine fits the “speed” description by causing a rush or sudden burst of energy to the body. For example, crystal meth (or speed) is another standard reference of the drug. ![]() In other instances, users may call cocaine by a name that is reflective of the high they receive from doing it. More of the widely used street names sound similar to the actual drug itself such as: However, if cocaine is in a white and powder-like form, similar to the look and consistency of baking soda, it may take on one of the following nicknames: ![]() It’s typical for cocaine street names to be descriptive of how the drug appears like crack rock. A “crack rock”’ or “crack cocaine” gets its name from the sounds made when heated. ![]() However, Crack is one of the most commonly used nicknames, which references one of the various forms of cocaine. Powder cocaine is the result of processing coca leaves into an illegal narcotic. In short, cocaine has affected millions of people for decades and through the years has been referred to by many different names. In recent years, there has been another upswing in the number of people abusing cocaine and the number of people dying from it. Cocaine use hit a surge of recreational popularity in the 1970s and 1980s before dropping off for a little bit in the 1990s. ![]()
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