Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade

Drug Type: Ketamine

STREET TERM	DEFINITION
Black hole	The depressant high associated with ketamine
Bump	Crack; fake crack; cocaine; boost a high; hit of ketamine ($20)
Candy Raver	Young people who attend raves; rave attendees who wear candy jewelry
Cat killer	Ketamine
Cat valium	Ketamine
Green	Inferior quality marijuana; ketamine; PCP
Honey oil	Ketamine; inhalants
Jet	Ketamine
K-hole	Periods of ketamine-induced confusion; the depressant high associated with ketamine
Ket	Ketamine
Kit kat	Ketamine
Kitty flipping	Use of ketamine and MDMA
Purple	Ketamine
Special "K"	Ketamine
Special la coke	Ketamine
Speedballing	To shoot up or smoke a mixture of cocaine and heroin; ecstasy mixed with ketamine; the simultaneous use of a stimulant with a depressant
Super acid	Ketamine
Super C	Ketamine
Vitamin K	Ketamine

Last Updated: April 6, 2005

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