Have You Warned Your Kids About Schwag?
Next time you get "amped out" on "sextasy" and wind up in a "k-hole" don't tell your mom. Forbes.com has published a new drug-slang quiz for parents that totally lets the "cat" out of the "bag".
If you're a parent, you might want to brush up on your drug slang to stay alert to possible drug use by your children, suggest addiction experts at the Menninger Clinic in Houston.
Slang terms for drugs constantly change and evolve, the researchers said. For example, while marijuana is still called weed or pot by some, it's also referred to by newer terms such as chronic or schwagg.
Are they serious? Dr. Dre’s marijuana-themed album "The Chronic" came out in 1992. And "schwag" of course is a derogatory term for really bad marijuana that’s been in use forever as far as I know.
More highlights:
2. The painkiller Oxycontin is also called: a) oxies; b) cotton.
They say only (b) is a correct answer. So if your child asks to borrow money so he can get some "oxies" go ahead and help out.
6. Combining the prescription drug Viagra with Ecstasy is called: a) 24-7 heaven; b) sextasy.
Answer: (b) Parents who’ve let their daughter go to "sextacy" parties will be shocked to learn the truth. But no, I don’t think we have to worry about Congress banning Viagra anytime soon.
8. Working Man's Cocaine is: a) crack cocaine; b) methamphetamine.
Answer: (b). Meth users have jobs? I heard all they did was rob gas stations and pluck out their eyebrows.
10. "Juice" is the slang term for: a) steroids; b) PCP.
Answer: both. So if you overhear your kid using the word "juice" they're either on steroids or PCP. The hard part is figuring out which.
This is the sort of useless information one can expect from "addiction experts" who regularly turn out to know less about drugs than everybody else.
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Comment posted by Scott Morgan on Tue, 10/31/2006 - 4:27pmThomas Szasz has many interesting things to say about drug policy.
Shwag is of low quality
Comment posted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/01/2007 - 10:32amShwag is of low quality because it is usually grown in mass quantities and without separating the males from the females. Without separating the sexes, marijuana will put forth seed and seeding reduces the THC content of the bud. Shwag's low quality also stems from its poor curing (usually rushed) and poor storage (vacuum packed in brick form). These factors combined result in an end product very different from high grade marijuana in that the individual buds are green-brown to brown, contain seeds, and are flattened and dry. Their trichome hairs and leaves are usually about the same color, brown. High grade marijuana usually consists of thick, seedless, sticky-moist, skunky-smelling buds with green leaves and orange, white, or red to purple trichome hairs.
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Comment posted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/31/2006 - 11:37amThis reminds me of Thomas Szasz's comment that "The War on Drugs has had many undesirable consequences, not least among them the mass production of experts on drug abuse."
Of course, Hunter S. Thompson did a great take on the drug abuse expert in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas; the movie translated the "expert lecture" scene beautifully, with the different levels of the drug culture: square, hip, and cool.