Opium is a naturally occurring juice extracted from the seed pod of certain varieties of poppy (Papaver somniferum and Papaver setigerum). All opiates are derived from opium, including the refined opiates heroin, morphine and codeine. Opium is marketed as a recreational drug with various street names, included here.
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STREET TERM |
DEFINITION |
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A-Bomb |
Marijuana cigarette with heroin or opium |
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Ah-Pen-Yen |
Opium |
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Aunti |
Opium |
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Aunti Emma |
Opium |
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Back Jack |
Injecting opium; to inject a drug |
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Big O |
Opium |
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Black |
Marijuana; opium; methamphetamine |
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Black Hash |
Opium mixed with hashish |
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Black Pill |
Opium pill |
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Black Russian |
Opium mixed with hashish |
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Black Stuff |
Heroin; opium |
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Buddha |
Potent marijuana spiked with opium |
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Chandoo/Chandu |
Opium |
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Chillum |
An object used to smoke opium, hashish, and marijuana |
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Chinese Molasses |
Opium |
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Chinese Tobacco |
Opium |
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Chocolate |
Marijuana; opium; amphetamine |
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Cruz (Spanish) |
Opium from Veracruz, Mexico |
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Dopium |
Opium |
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Dover's Deck |
Opium |
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Dover's Powder |
Opium |
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Dream Gun |
Opium |
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Dream Stick |
Opium |
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Dreams |
Opium |
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Easing Powder |
Opium |
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Fi-Do-Nie |
Opium |
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Gee |
Opium |
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God's Medicine |
Opium |
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Goma (Spanish) |
Black tar heroin plus opium |
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Gondola |
Opium |
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Gong |
Marijuana; opium |
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Goric |
Opium |
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Great Tobacco |
Opium |
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Gum |
Opium; methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) |
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Guma |
Opium |
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Hard Stuff |
Heroin; opium |
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Hocus |
Marijuana; opium |
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Hop/Hops |
Opium |
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Indonesian Bud |
Marijuana; opium |
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Joy Plant |
Opium |
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Midnight Oil |
Opium |
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Mira (Spanish) |
Opium |
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Mud |
Heroin plus opium |
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O |
Opium |
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O.P. |
Opium |
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Ope |
Opium |
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Pen Yan |
Opium |
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Pin Gon |
Opium |
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Pin Yen |
Opium |
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Pox |
Opium |
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Skee |
Opium |
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Tar |
Crack and heroin smoked together; heroin; opium |
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Toxy |
Opium |
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Toys |
Opium |
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When-Shee |
Opium |
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Yen Shee Suey |
Opium wine |
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Ze |
Opium |
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Zero |
Opium |
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