Heroin Nicknames to Recognize

Heroin types and availability can vary depending on where you reside in the U.S. While black tar heroin is typically found on the West Coast, the white powder-type version is generally favored along the East Coast.  Each form of the substance has spawned an array of street names and nicknames, which we have listed below.

English Terms (No Particiular Order)

Dragon – Dope - Heron - Herone – Hero – Hera – H – Big - White China -  White -White Nurse - White Lady - White Horse – Boy – He – Black - Black Tar - Black Pearl - Black Stuff - Black Eagle – Brown - Brown Crystal - Brown Sugar - Brown Tape - Brown Rhine - White Girl - White Stuff – Chiba – Chiva – Chieva - Mexican Brown - Mexican Mud - Mexican Horse – Junk – Tar – Snowball – Snow - White Boy – Smack – Scag – Scat – Sack – Skunk - Number 3 - Number 4 - Number 8

Spanish Terms (In Alphabetical Order)

Bombita – Brea – Blanco – Bonita – Caballo – Calbo – Carga - Carne Chapopote – Chatarra – Chicle – Cocofan – Gato – Heroina - La Buena La Chiva – Polvo – Tecata – Tigre - Tigre Blanco - Tigre del Norte - Vidrio -Zoquete

Heroin Drug Combinations

The practice of combining different drugs with heroin is quite common. As such, many of these combinations carry their own unique names:

·         Atom bomb, Canade, Woola, Woolie, Woo-Woo – Marijuana and heroin

·         Bars – Alprazolam and heroin

·         Beast, LBJ – LSD and heroin

·         Belushi, Boy-Girl, Dynamite, Goofball, H & C, He-She,Primo, Snowball – Cocaine and heroin

·         Chasing the Dragon, Chocolate Rock, Dragon Rock, Eightball, Moonrock – Crack and heroin

·         Cheese – Cold medicine and heroin

·         China White – Fentanyl and heroin

·         Chocolate Chip Cookies, H bomb – MDMA and heroin

·         Cotton Brothers, New Jack Swing – Morphine and heroin

·         Meth Speed Ball – Methamphetamine and heroin

·         The Five Way – Heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, Rohypnol and alcohol

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