Police given 3,000 word 'A to Z of drugs slang' to stay ahead of criminals

[Dragynfyr]

^ spooky idea

3000 more things to be flagged while monitoring internet activities.

 

[lil angel15]

A good morning lulz has been had.

 

[pseudononamouse]

Haha where do they come up with this?

 

[footscrazy]

How they think this is going to help any copper pick up drug convos is beyond me! Who is going to have time to memorise a list like this. Slang is pretty unique between groups I've found, but it's not really the slang they should be focusing on, rather the structure of the sentence. I mean, it's not hard to figure out whether someone is talking about drugs regardless of what words they use.

 

[felix]

I don't think I've ever heard any of these, except Henry, which they say means heroin but as far as I was concerned meant marijuana (an eighth, from Henry the Eighth).

IME a Henry is purely an indicator of weight, not the substance itself.

The document has been drawn up by the Police National Legal Database (PNLD) for use by all forces in England and Wales

haha!

 

[Dragynfyr]

^ I haven't heard Henry, it's always been Harry here.

*post .357, Ima inherit that python

 

[garuda]

LOL when I moved and I would randomly hear people say the name "Mary Joseph" in this area at a rate higher then normal it stuck in my head like there was a glitch in the matrix. I was like how can all these people know this chick named Mary Jos....OOOH! I get it!

 

[trainwreckmolly]

bart simpson is heroin? I would have thought you were looking for those shitty ass pipe pressed pills that have been going around forever.

 

[7zark7]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...criminals.html

That link doesn't work...


Article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/new...f-drugs-slang-to-stay-ahead-of-criminals.html

A-B: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/new...Drug-slang-what-police-must-learn-A-to-B.html

C-D: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/new...rugs-slang-what-police-must-learn-C-to-D.html

E-H: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/new...rugs-slang-what-police-must-learn-E-to-H.html

I-Q: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/new...gs-slang-what-police-must-learn---I-to-Q.html

R-Z: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/new...gs-slang-what-police-must-learn---R-to-Z.html

 

[tathra]

LOL. now any time the cops hear any conversation at all, they're going to think its about drugs. pure genius, now the cops can be paranoid too!

 

[dankstersauce]

Who is going to have time to memorise a list like this. Slang is pretty unique between groups I've found, but it's not really the slang they should be focusing on, rather the structure of the sentence. I mean, it's not hard to figure out whether someone is talking about drugs regardless of what words they use.

Slang is totally unique within small groups of users. Like 5-6 people may have their own slang for every drug out there. I know me and my old friends used to have ridiculous just plain stupid slang....sometimes not even words....shit like "hey man whats up with that razzle tazzle?" or "oh man i'm totally skeeved on that woot woot" or just plain stupid shit that friends make up as jokes between each other. Like if you have a friend who smokes too much cannabis, you might say "dude i'm totally (last name)izzled." The list goes on and on and on.

I mean me and my friends have some odd slang. Very very odd and very specific to just the 5-6 of us. Like footscrazy said, it's all about sentence structure...but even that could be masked. Drug dealing is a personal thing, "I gotta get my car washed" might mean i need to re-up and call you back...or it could mean I'm going to go wash my car.8)

 

[Infinite Jest]

IME a Henry is purely an indicator of weight, not the substance itself.

I have it on good authority that my mate used to score by asking for Henry. I mean, I see your point, but no-one goes out asking for a 'Henry of weed', do they? [Like I don't ask for 'five ecstasy pills', just pills].

haha!

The follow-up, to be titled: Drug Slang in Scotland, What the Fuck are those Jocks talking about? will be published as soon as the translators are available

 

[Mora Fiend]

"Assassin of Youth - Marijuana"


It seems to me like the person who made this list got slapped with a big ol' bag of the what-the-fucks and went crazy.

 

[felix]

I have it on good authority that my mate used to score by asking for Henry. I mean, I see your point, but no-one goes out asking for a 'Henry of weed', do they? [Like I don't ask for 'five ecstasy pills', just pills].

i think my point was that a cokehead would ask his coke dealer for a henry and they would know they were referring to an eighth of coke. presumably your mate usually smokes weed and asks his weed dealer for a henry, and it is understood that he's looking for weed.

btw you should specify you're after ecstasy or you'll end up with pipes. :D

 

[thujone]

ELEPHANT - heroin

ELEPHANT - marijuana

ELEPHANT - PCP

nobody mention the elephant in the room LAFF. never thought i'd see the day when discussing subsaharan wildlife is reason enough for a warrant

 

[Sweet P]

To "stay ahead of criminals"? It's more like "to keep up with criminals!"

Really, this is just laughable.

 

[Atlien3]

never heard any of this shit in my life lol

 

[Dragynfyr]

How to make common sense completely unnecessary for narcotics operatives

 

[Tenchi]

I wonder if I should try and get some of the slang from the brass eye drugs episode into their vernacular. "Got any clarky cat? Any yellow bentines? Some Joss Ackland's spunky backpack?"

 

[Mora Fiend]

^ Don't forget to get a Henry of Dilly-whippers and smelborp camplogs. Won't be a party without em'!