Drugs & Substances

Drug slang covers cannabis, opioids, stimulants, psychedelics, alcohol, prescription pharmaceuticals, and rave and club culture, with the longest historical depth of any slang category — many entries predate the internet by a century or more. The vocabulary moves through three predictable cycles: street terms (to evade enforcement), brand terms (when a substance professionalises), and harm-reduction terms (when a scene matures). Signature exemplars: molly, rolling, lean, k-hole, plug. The category leans US urban for opioids and stimulants, UK for cannabis and ketamine, EDM-festival circuit for psychedelics, and global for rave-era MDMA terms. Platform: largely oral, with Reddit, Discord, and (increasingly) Telegram as the written record. Editorial stance is descriptive, not promotional.