Comments on: Teen Drug Slang: A Dictionary For Parents

Know What Your Kids Are Talking About With This Guide To Today's Drug Terms

[dragonmouse-2009]

It seems easy if you insist on your kids speaking ENGLISH like they're actually "educated" instead of talking like they belong on MTV or something.

[germanyzzy]

I'm a 17 year old girl who lives in Sin City (Las Vegas) Nevada. I only knew two of these slang words. Don't think that your kids know these slang words, because I didn't even know a majority of them. And living in Vegas, I'm around drugs all the time. I can remember in 8th grade, I was sitting in the third seat from the front row in my Math class, and a guy and a girl were sitting in the front row. I could see them perfectly because no one else was sitting in front of me. Well the guy was selling cocaine to the girl. She even did a line of coke on her desk and I was the only one that noticed! Just because your kid uses slang, doesn't mean it's slang for something harmful, kids just like to talk in different ways from other people so that the other people don't have any idea what they're saying, they don't just do it to their parents. And remember, if your kid senses that you don't trust them, they won't trust you.

[brittee]

"I wad'n hangin', cause they be tweekin', blowin', half of 'em E'd out, fumin', shermed, and blind on s*it, I ain't down, me, I'll drop a dot, if it's legit, and hit some chronic, that's about it, I ain't into that hard s*it."

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I wasn't hanging out with them because they were doing meth, cocaine, half of them were on ecstasy, huffing (fumin?), taking hallucinogenic mushrooms, and generally incoherent due to the drugs. I'm not supportive of that. Me, I'll take acid (LSD) if it's verified, and smoke a little marijuana, but I don't do hard drugs.

[nathan167]

Candy Flipping is not new. This dates back at least to the early 90's when ecstasy and LSD were popular in the rave scenes.

"Crunk" as slang has evolved into more than just a definition of a drug induced state. I've heard the term liberally used to define "having a wildly good time". Parents, check urban http://www.urbandictionary.com/ http://www.wikipedia.org. They provide generally reliable information on 'common knowledge' as well as an insight into vernacular terms and concepts. Articles like this only have the ability to articulate a very small perspective. Teaching your kids to respect what they put into their bodies, in general, helps to nail these issues at their root cause.

Previous comment from "devilsadvoc1"
"just chug a bottle or two of robotussin extra strength cough and cold... DXM is the only active ingredient."

Robotusin Extra Strength Cough and Cold also contains psuedoephadrine (which is the "Cold" in "Cough and Cold"). This is a pretty hefty stimulant that can put people on edge. There are also inactive ingredients that the liver can take a while to process in quantities implied (fillers, heavy flavorings, large amounts of coloring).

[notanairplan]

I hear gage is all the rage if you're a viper.

[johnpdevel]

'That's why WebMD went directly to the experts on the front lines of teen drug abuse' .. i think the experts need to put down the crack pipe.. because this is some WACK information! Good way to completely mis-inform people. Thanks webMD!

[seabre986]

"Is your teen robotripping on CCC?"

HA HA HA HA!!

Whoever wrote this is a dolt.

"Robotripping" strictly refers to Robitussin.

[johnpdevel]

I'm sorry.. 900mg of DXM is a SUPER high dose. They should not be recommending that to ANYONE.

Anything over 250mg will make you hallucinate.. good job CBS and webMD for telling people outrageous doses.. so now some kids are going to go home and freak out when they think they are OD'ing on 900mg of DXM. Anyone who is really concerned about drug use should check out www.erowid.org for ACTUAL real information regarding drugs, and drug use.

[klingon69]

shermed,
Posted by brianbwb at 12:59 AM : Aug 08, 2007

That wouldn't have anything to do with mushrooms would it?

[klingon69]

How about this sentence; "I wad'n hangin', cause they be tweekin', blowin', half of 'em E'd out, fumin', shermed, and blind on s*it, I ain't down, me, I'll drop a dot, if it's legit, and hit some chronic, that's about it, I ain't into that hard s*it."

Any translators out there? Try your luck...
I did not stay because they were doing cocaine. Not sure about shermed,
Fumin I believe has to do with crack or PCP.
Drop a dot refers to microdot acid.
Chronic is Marijuana
Hard Sh*/t has reference to Heroin.

Am I pretty close?

Posted by brianbwb at 12:59 AM : Aug 08, 2007
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