Drogas
Las drogas ilegales se llaman por muchos apodos en cualquier lengua. He aquí algunos nombres que descubrí hablando con hispanohablantes de varios países.

| el ácido | LSD |
| acostarse con rosamaría | literally, to go to bed with rosemary, to smoke marijuana, México |
| adulterar | cut |
| la aguja | needle, syringe |
| al punto | high, stoned |
| la azúcar | heroin |
| el aguaje | shooting gallery |
| las anfetaminas | speed, uppers, amphetamines |
| la aracata | marijuana, México |
| el arreador | pusher, dealer |
| atizar coliflor tostada | literally, to smoke toasted cauliflower, to smoke marijuana, México |
| el basuco | smokeable form of cocaine |
| la blanca | cocaine |
| las blancas | speed, uppers, amphetamines |
| la bodega | rock house |
| la bolsita | baggie |
| el borrego | small bag of drugs |
| el bote | lid (one ounce of marijuana |
| la brea negra | black tar heroin, México |
| el burrero | pusher, dealer |
| el burro | pusher, dealer |
| el caballo | heroin |
| la caleta | rock house |
| el carrujo | marijuana cigarette, joint, blunt |
| la chinaloa | opium, pure heroin |
| la chiva | heroin |
| la chora | marijuana, México |
| el circulador | drug pusher |
| el chocolate de fu man chu | opium, pure heroin, México |
| clavarse | shoot up |
| la coca | cocaine |
| la coca cola | cocaine |
| la cocaína | cocaine |
| la coca intensificada | crack |
| la colilla | roach, butt of a marijuana cigarette |
| compraventas | drug deal |
| cortar | cut |
| cruzado(a) | high, wasted |
| la cucaracha | roach, butt of a marijuana cigarette |
| el culero | drug dealer who smuggles hashish from Morocco to Spain |
| cuquear | free-base |
| curarse | shoot up |
| el dil | drug deal |
| diluir | cut |
| encandilado(a) | high, wasted |
| en onda | high, wasted |
| esnifar | snort, sniff |
| el estuche | hype kit used to inject drugs |
| el filero | syringe, needle |
| la flecha | person who knows where to get drugs |
| el frajo | marijuana cigarette |
| la galería | shooting gallery |
| el golpe | bust |
| la grifa | marijuana, México |
| grifo(a) | high, wasted |
| la heroína | heroin |
| el hongo sagrado | psilocybin |
| el humo | marijuana, Argentina |
| husmear | snort, sniff |
| inyectarse | shoot up |
| el jaco | heroin |
| el jeringazo | an injection of drugs |
| juana | marijuana |
| juanita | marijuana |
| el ladrillo | brick of marijuana or cocaine |
| la lata | lid (one ounce of marijuana) |
| el lavado de dólares | money laundering |
| el leño | marijuana cigarette |
| el líquido | PCP, angel dust |
| el mal viaje | bad trip |
| mano a mano | hand-to-hand deal |
| la mariguana | marijuana |
| la mota | marijuana |
| moto(a) | high, wasted |
| la negra | heroin |
| la nieve | cocaine |
| la paja | marijuana, Argentina |
| la pala | syringe, needle, Argentina |
| pasado(a) | high, wasted |
| la pasta | heroin |
| la pastilla | pill, capsule |
| el pastillo | amphetamine pill |
| el pasto | grass, marijuana, México |
| el perico | cocaine |
| el picadero | shooting gallery |
| picarse | shoot up |
| pichicateado(a) | high |
| la pichicita | drugs, Chile |
| la piedra | rock |
| pincharse | to inject oneself, México |
| pingo(a) | high, wasted |
| el pito | marijuana |
| el polvo | cocaine or heroin in powder form, México |
| el porro | marijuana cigarette, Argentina, España |
| prendido/a | high, spaced out |
| el puchador | pusher, México |
| la redada | bust |
| roca | rock |
| el traficante | pusher, dealer |
| trepar por las paredes | to take good quality drugs, Argentina |
| el vendedor | pusher, dealer |
| viajando | tripping, México |
| el viajero | tripper |
| volado(a) | high, wasted |
| la yerba | weed, marijuana, México |
| la yerba buena | marijuana |
| la yesca | marijuana |
