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From Amps to Zapapote, Drug Enforcement Agency publishes list of street slang terms for drugs

Posted at 4:44 PM, Jun 02, 2017
and last updated 2017-06-02 17:06:27-04

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) publishes an Intelligence Report which contains information from a variety of law enforcement and other sources.

It's designed as a reference for law enforcement personnel who are confronted by many of the hundreds of slang terms used to identify a wide variety of controlled substances.

The DEA's list includes hundreds of "Drug Slang/Code Words" for common -- and uncommon -- street drugs.

Do you know the code terms and slang words for street drugs? We made a quiz to test your knowledge.