2023年11月27日 · Goofballs are a slang term used to describe a drug combination of barbiturates and amphetamines. They were commonly used in the 1950s and 60s, often used to treat sleep disorders or manage anxiety. However, their high potential for addiction quickly became apparent, leading to their classification as a controlled substance.

It is designed as a ready 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, designer drugs, and synthetic compounds. Every efort has been made to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the information presented.

Drug street names can be common or completely obscure. Many battling with addiction will refer to drugs by specific slang terms. Find a complete list here.

Goofball is a street name for the combination of an opioid (such as heroin/fentanyl) an opioid, and methamphetamine, a powerful stimulant. This combination is highly dangerous due to the contrasting effects of the stimulant (methamphetamine) and depressant (opioid).

2019年8月6日 · Toledo said the mix of heroin and meth triggers the release of dopamine, also known as the “feel good neurotransmitter.” This gives the user a sensation of high euphoria, but the drugs have a cancelling effect over one another, increasing the risk of overdose.

2019年6月23日 · A wide variety of drugs have street names, including prescription drugs. Drug slang allows people using substances to talk about them discreetly. It is common for family and friends of drug users to be trying to decipher phrases, texts, or comments to crack the code and better understand what is going on with their loved one.

2021年9月23日 · Back in the 1940s, “goofballs” became a slang term for Benzos like Nembutal (which are basically medications that act as tranquilizers), presumably because those taking them recreationally acted goofy. Abuse of barbiturates was actually pretty common in the 1940s and all throughout the 1960s.

2020年3月3日 · The drugs in question were sedatives; nicknamed Goofballs because of their mood altering capabilities. It became a real problem, and the numbers of drug addicted Americans was skyrocketing – more so than alcoholics. We were in danger of becoming a drug-addled society, not even into the 1950s yet.

We compared demographic, behavioral, contextual, and health factors among people who inject drugs (PWID) in the Seattle area and who reported that their main drug was goofball, heroin, or methamphetamine.

2024年2月22日 · The goofy names that drug companies come up with for their prescription drugs. Folks in the blue states are often interested in the customs of us red state folks since they don’t get to read about them in the op-ed pages of papers like The New York Times (unless it is a scornful piece like the one about how the locals were rooting for ...