The 2018 drug slang quiz: can you tell your Bruno Mars from your Bernie's gold dust?

Do you know your yellow smileys from your pink hearts? Photograph: portokalis/Getty Images/iStockphoto

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has published its annual report on slang terms for drugs. The agency says the updated information will allow law enforcement personnel who “are confronted with hundreds of slang terms and code words” to easily identify which substances are being discussed by dealers or users.

The report is broken down into individual drug categories, with slang terms listed alphabetically. Some drugs have more aliases than others. Khat, a mild stimulant which can be chewed and is popular in some North African countries, has only six entries, including “African salad” and “oat”. Cocaine, by contrast, has more than 300 and while some are fairly self-explanatory – “nose powder” or “whizz bang”, for example – many of the terms listed are more inventive.

So see whether you’d survive as a drug dealer or narcotics officer with our quiz on DEA slang:

1. Which of these does the DEA list as a slang term for cocaine?

   1. Skinny Levi's

   2. Flea market jeans

   3. Stonewashed denim

2. Added to the list in 2018, which drug does the slang term 'God's flesh' refer to?

   1. Magic mushrooms

   2. Cannabis

   3. Steroids

3. 

   If someone asked you for 'Bernie’s gold dust' what would they want?

   1. MDMA

   2. Cocaine

   3. A tuition-free college education

4. Which of these is not a listed term for MDMA/ecstasy

   1. Dancing shoes

   2. Disco biscuits

   3. Hug drug

   4. Very jolly rancher

   5. Scooby snacks

5. Which of these FM radio favourites is also a slang term from GHB

   1. Bruno Mars

   2. Maroon 5

   3. Sam Smith

6. 

   Broccoli, cabbage, shrimp, and blue cheese are all names for ...

   1. Cannabis

   2. Khat

   3. Synthetic cannabinoids

7. Another term added in 2018, what is a 'love flip'?

   1. Doing cocaine while on opiates

   2. Doing ketamine while on acid/LSD

   3. Doing peyote while on MDMA

8. If you asked a dealer for 'white girls' you would get?

   1. Xanax

   2. Molly

   3. Chardonnay

9. 

   Which of these is not a type of synthetic cannabinoid

   1. Potpourri

   2. Fro-yo

   3. Hipster

10. Which of these is dealer slang for one kilogram?

    1. Can of paint

    2. Bottle of soda

    3. Pint of bitter

Solutions

1:B, 2:A, 3:B, 4:D, 5:A - The DEA doesn't provide any further information about the terms but a post on the crowdsourced website Urban Dictionary claims a "Bruno Mars" is "A 4ml dose of GHB in a shot glass with citrus juice. Orange or tropical are preferred.", 6:A - "Chinese buffet" meanwhile is slang for white heroin, 7:C, 8:A, 9:B, 10:A

Scores

1. 5 and above.

   Not bad - you're not Pablo Escobar yet but you could definitely sort out a college dorm on a big Friday night

2. 8 and above.

   Congratulations - you know way too much about drugs to be doing this well on a test.

3. 0 and above.

   If it's hip to be square then you must be extremely hip! Congratulations on your sheltered life.