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Remember four things: 1) "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." JFK 1961,
2)... Govt of the people, by the people, for the people..." Lincoln 1863,
3) "What I hear I forget, what I see I remember, what I do I understand.” Confucius 451 BCE, and 4) "Voting intelligently is the most important citizen responsibility- it is also the most important right (freedom) you have." Mr. Achs 2003.
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Drug Slang For Teachers & Parents
Is your teen/student robotripping on CCC? How would you know if you don’t even know what that means? “It’s very important that parents and teachers brush up on slang, because just like with text messaging, kids use all these abbreviations and parents don’t know what they mean. But the more they understand what these things mean, the more they will be able to monitor kids’ behavior.
Antifreeze: Heroin. Synonyms include Big H, brown sugar, dope, golden girls, H, horse, junk, poison, skag, smack, sweet dreams, tar and train.
Candy-Flipping: This term refers to a high that’s achieved by combining LSD (lysergic diethyl-lamide) or acid with ecstasy.
Cheese: This is a hazardous mix of black tar heroin and Tylenol PM or other medicines containing diphenhydramine. It looks like grated parmesan cheese – thus the name. There were more than 20 teen deaths in Dallas and surrounding neighborhoods that have been attributed to Cheese since it was identified in 2005.
Crank: The stimulant methamphetamine. Synonyms include meth, speed, chalk, white cross, fire and glass.
Crunk: This is a verb that means to get high and drunk at the same time.
Dextromethorphan (DXM): This is a drug contained in over-the-counter cough suppressants. After 900 milligrams, it becomes a hallucinogen. Synonyms for DXM include Candy, Dex, DM, Drex, Red, Devils, Robo, Rojo, Skittles, Tussin, Velvet, Poor Man’s X and Vitamin D.
Dexing: Abusing cough syrup. Synonyms include robotripping or robodosing because users tend to chug Robitussin or another cough syrup to get high.
Georgia Home Boy: This refers to Gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB), a central nervous systems depressant that can produce euphoric, sedative and body-building effects. Other synonyms include Gamma-OH, Grieveous Body Harm, Liquid Ecstasy, Liquid E, Liquid X, Organic Quaalude and Scoop.
Kibbles & Bits: The attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) drug called Ritalin. It is sometimes also referred to as pineapple.
Roofies: This refers to rohypnol, a.k.a the date rape drug. Synonyms include the forget pill, La Rocha, Mexican Valium, R-2, rib, roachies, roofenol, rophies, roche, (pronounced roe-shay) and rope.
Snow: Cocaine. Synonyms include Charlie, crack, coke, dust, flake, freebase, lady, nose candy, power, rock, rails, snowbirds, toot, white and yahoo.
Special K: A medication used as an anesthetic in humans and animals. It can cause hallucinations and euphoria in higher doses. Synonyms include vitamin K, breakfast cereal, cat valium, horse tranquilizer, K, Ket, new ecstasy, psychedelic heroin and super acid.
Syrup Heads: Users
Tripe C: This stands for Coricidin HBP Cough and Cold.
X: Ecstasy or 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA). Synonyms include Adam, E, bean, clarity, essence, lovers speed, MDMA, roll, stacy and XTC.
Note to parents: If you have further questions or suspect your child has a drug problem you can talk to your student's counselor or the school's liasion officer (Davenport Police), Officer Jason Gillaspie (gillaspiej@davenportschools.org). |
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