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Drug slang and code words are often used to describe controlled substances, designer drugs, and synthetic compounds, which may cause confusion for clinicians attempting to treat patients under the influence. In an effort to educate and support the healthcare community, Clinical Pain Advisor is providing this resource to help clinicians identify these ‘slang’ names for Heroin compiled from law enforcement reports and other open sources by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
| A-Bomb (mixed with marijuana) | Achivia | Adormidera |
| Antifreeze | Aunt Hazel | Avocado |
| Azucar | Bad Seed | Ballot |
| Basketball | Basura | Beast |
| Beyonce | Big Bag | Big H |
| Big Harry | Bird | Birdie Powder |
| Black | Black Bitch | Black Goat |
| Black Olives | Black Paint | Black Pearl |
| Black Sheep | Black Tar | Blanco |
| Blue | Blow Dope | Blue Hero |
| Bombita (mixed with cocaine) | Bombs Away | Bonita |
| Boy | Bozo | Brea Negra |
| Brick Gum | Brown | Brown Crystal |
| Brown Rhine | Brown Sugar | Bubble Gum |
| Burrito | Caballo | Caballo Negro |
| Caca | Café | Capital H |
| Carga | Caro | Cement |
| Chapopote | Charlie | Charlie Horse |
| Cheese | Chicle | Chiclosa |
| China | China Cat | China White |
| Chinese Food | Chinese Red | Chip |
| Chiva | Chiva Blanca | Chivones |
| Chocolate | Chocolate Balls | Choko |
| Chorizo | Chutazo | Coco |
| Coffee | Comida | Crown Crap |
| Curley Hair | Dark | Dark Girl |
| Dead on Arrival (DOA) | Diesel | Dirt |
| Dog Food | Doggie | Doojee |
| Dope | Dorado | Down |
| Downtown | Dreck | Dynamite |
| Dyno | El Diablo | Engines |
| Fairy Dust | Flea Powder | Foolish Powder |
| Galloping Horse | Gamot | Gato |
| George Smack | Girl | Golden Girl |
| Good & Plenty | Good H | Goma |
| Gorda | Gras | Grasin |
| Gravy | Gum | H |
| H-Caps | Hairy | Hard Candy |
| Harry | Hats | Hazel |
| Heaven Dust | Heavy | Helen |
| Helicopter | Hell Dust | Henry |
| Hercules | Hero | Him |
| Hombre | Horse | Hot Dope |
| Hummers | Jojee | Joy Flakes |
| Joy Powder | Junk | Kabayo |
| Karachi | Karate | King’s Tickets |
| Lemonade | Lenta | Lifesaver |
| Manteca | Marias | Mayo |
| Mazpan | Meal | Menthol |
| Mexican Brown | Mexican Horse | Mexican Mud |
| Mexican Treat | Modelo Negra | Mojo |
| Mole | Mongega | Morena |
| Morenita | Mortal Combat | Motors |
| Mud | Mujer | Muzzle |
| Nanoo | Negra | Negra Tomasa |
| Negrita | Nice and Easy | Night |
| Noise | Obama | Old Steve |
| Pants | Patty | Peg |
| P-Funk | Piezas | Plata |
| Poison | Polvo | Poppy |
| Powder | Prostituta Negra | Puppy |
| Pure | Rambo | Red Chicken |
| Red Eagle | Reindeer Dust | Roofing Tar |
| Sack | Salt | Sand |
| Scag | Scat | Schmeck |
| Sheep | Shirts | Shoes |
| Skag | Slime | Smack |
| Smeck | Snickers | Speedball (mixed with cocaine) |
| Spider Blue | Sticky Kind | Stufa |
| Sugar | Sweet Jesus | Tan |
| Tar | Tecata | Tires |
| Tootsie Roll | Tragic Magic | Trees |
| Turtle | Vidrio | Whiskey |
| White | White Boy | White Girl |
| White Junk | White Lady | White Nurse |
| White Shirt | White Stuff | Wings |
| Witch | Witch Hazel | Zapapote |
