Watch video
Contact Us
If you prefer, fill out the following form and a counselor will get back to you.
Success Stories
The generosity of the staff and peacefulness of the surroundings has given me a serenity and safety I had never experienced before." - Don
Rehab and Addiction Blog
When drug addiction hits a family, everyone goes into survival mode. There's a glaring problem, but no one seems to know how to make it better. Everything they do is to either try to fix the problem or just live with it. And unless the addict goes to drug treatment or alcohol rehab, things are likely to be rough for a long while. Here's a review of some things families do when they have to live with drug addiction.
Read More
A few weeks ago, I introduced you to a few important ways to reduce your addiction relapse risk. Sobriety isn't necessarily forever, and every recovering addict needs to keep a good sobriety plan in place. Take a look at a few more methods and reasons for this.
Read More
Drug addiction does so many bad things to people. It destroys relationships, it disrupts careers, it erodes personal health, and it perpetuates itself unless someone stops it. Drug addiction is like a runaway train bent on destruction. People don't head towards drug addiction because they welcome these problems. They are just trying to cope.
Read More
Nicknames and Street Names for Cocaine
Cocaine is one of those drugs that is used alone just as often as it is used in combination with other drugs. In fact, many use cocaine as a way to stay awake so that they can stay out longer when they're partying. Others use it to enhance the effects of other substances. Whether it's smoked, snorted or injected, used in combination with other substances or alone, cocaine is a drug that goes by a variety of nicknames and street names. Below is a list of a few of the many terms used across the country to refer to cocaine.
Nicknames and Street Names for Cocaine
The slang terms for powdered cocaine are so numerous that it's almost impossible to list them all here. Some of the most popular include:
- Aunt or Aunt Nora
- Batman or Bazulco, Hubba
- Bernice, Bernie, Bernie's flakes or Bernie's Gold Dust
- Big bloke, Big C, Big flake, Big rush
- C, C dust, C game, Candy C
- Birdie Powder, Bouncing Powder, Bolivian Marching Powder
- Blow, Stash, Girl, Snow, Star, Stardust, She....
The list goes on and on and varies across the country according to region.
Nicknames and Street Names for Crack Cocaine
Crack is the small, rock-like form of cocaine combined with another hardening substance. Usually smoked in a glass pipe just large enough to accommodate it, crack is just as addictive as the powdered form of cocaine, and it has almost as many nicknames:
- Black rock
- Blotter
- Bopper
- Trey
- Yam
- Yay
- Purple Caps
Base, basing, based out... basically the word freebase in any form describes the action of or the person who smokes crack, i.e., base crazies who search for coke or crack on their hands and knees or base heads who freebase.
Nicknames and Street Names for Cocaine Drug Combinations
Just as there are a variety of drugs to combine with cocaine, so too are there a number of terms to define the process for street use purposes. These include:
- Banano, Blunt, Geek Joints, Premos or Primos, Bazooka, P-Dogs, 51, Sherman Stick, Tio, Splitting, Woo Blunt, Woo-Woos, Woolies, Woolas - Marijuana joint or cigarette sprinkled with cocaine or other combination of crack cocaine and marijuana
- Shabu , Snow Seals- Cocaine and methamphetamine or amphetamine
- Beam me up, Scottie; Spaceball - Cocaine or crack and PCP
- Wicky - Cocaine, PCP and marijuana
- Belushi , Boy-Girl, H & C, He-she, Murder One, One and One, Smoking Gun, Snowball, Whiz Bang, Speedball - Cocaine and heroin
- Wildcat - Cocaine and methcathinone
- Bumping up - MDMA (Ecstasy) and cocaine
- C & M - Cocaine and morphine
- Candy Flipping - LSD, cocaine and MDMA
- Flamethrowers - Heroin, cocaine and tobacco
- The Five Way - Heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, Rohypnol, and alcohol
International Names for Cocaine
Most of the words listed below are Spanish in origin. Popularized in music and movies, you may hear these terms in your neighborhood whether or not Spanish is spoken any other time:
- Basuco - Spanish word for cocaine or lacing a cigarette (marijuana or tobacco) with coke residue
- Coca - Spanish
- Cabello - Spanish
- Yeyo - Spanish
- Tutti-frutti - Portuguese
- Talco - Spanish
- Polvo Blanco - Spanish
- Perico - Spanish
- Nieve - Spanish
- Mujer - Spanish
- Monos - Spanish
- Ma'a - Samoan for crack
Terms Associated with Cocaine Use and Abuse
There are also a number of terms that you may hear the describe using cocaine or those who use the drug.
- Beiging - Altering cocaine chemically to make it look more pure
- Break night - staying up all night on cocaine
- Blast, blow blue, blow coke, blow smoke, booster - Inhaling cocaine
- Body packer or mule - Person who swallows balloons of cocaine and other drugs to transport them undetected over the border
- Gaffel, bunk, fleece, flex - Fake coke or crack
Get Cocaine Addiction Treatment at The Canyon
If you or someone you know is suffering from cocaine addiction, The Canyon can treat that addiction. We have a full Master's-level staff, each one specializing in drug addiction treatment and the provision of an integrated program that combines alternative and traditional therapies. Whether the addiction is to cocaine alone or in combination with other drugs, a treatment program will be created that meets your specific needs. If you would like more information about cocaine or the treatment available at The Canyon for cocaine addiction, contact us today.
If The Canyon isn’t right for you, we’ll find the place that is.
Articles on Cocaine Rehab
- How to Recover From Cocaine Addiction
- Cocaine Overview
- Cocaine Treatment Programs
- Nicknames and Street Names for Cocaine
- Withdrawal From Cocaine Addiction
- Physical and Psychological Effects of Crack Abuse
- The Legalities of Crack Addiction in the United States
- Cocaine Addiction and Pregnancy: Effects on Newborns
- Short Term Effects of Crack Abuse
- Cocaine Addiction and Different Types of Treatment
- Family Members Who Need Cocaine Addiction Treatment
- Signs of Cocaine Abuse
- Crack Addiction
- The Physiology of Cocaine Detoxification
- Long Term Effects of Crack Abuse
- Detox from Cocaine Abuse
- Cocaine Abuse and Pregnancy
- Crack Addiction and the Brain
- Short Term Effects of Cocaine Abuse
- Cocaine Addiction and Professional Treatment
- Long Term Effects of Cocaine Addiction
- Cocaine Rehab and Teens
- Crack Addiction and Abuse Risks
- The Dangers of Crack Addiction
- The Dangers of Cocaine Addiction
- Signs of Crack Abuse
- How Cocaine Addiction is Fueled in the United States
- Cocaine Addiction Treatment
- Cocaine Addiction
- Why Does Cocaine Become So Addictive?
- Cocaine Addiction and the Brain
- Crack Overview
- Women and Cocaine Addiction
- How is Crack Different From Cocaine?
- Cocaine Addiction in the United States
- Cocaine Addiction and Abuse Risks
- Crack Rehab
- The Physical Effects of Cocaine Addiction
- Cocaine Rehab in California
- Cocaine Rehab: What to Expect
- Inpatient Versus Outpatient Cocaine Rehab
- Cocaine's Effect on the Brain
