DRUGS

"Novocain, that awful stale taste in my mouth." (Cover Girl)

Drug and chemical names and some slang
• amphetamine = speed (Jojo)
• antihistamines, prescription = used by Tony to drug his victims (Discomania)
• atropine = Matwick uses it in his “psycho-chemical experiments.” (Murder Ward)
• barbituates = John Blaine had some in his drink (Death in a Different Place)
• barbituates = Charlie Deek pours some on Hutch's apple. (Murder Ward)
• barbituates = Tony Mariposa uses them in women's drinks at the disco. (Discomania)
• belladonna derivative = Matwick's drug is (Murder Ward)
• Big D = “a drug that promotes the rapid growth of muscle tissue” (Kill Huggy Bear)
• bottle of castor oil = Dobey tells Hutch to tell Starsky to take some and "he'll feel fine." (Terror on the Docks)
• bromoscetone = Cheryl speculates could be in the injection. (A Coffin For Starsky)
• caffeine = Starsky refers to coffee as his “upper. (Death in a Different Place)
• caffeine = Stella tells Hutch coffee "will rot your pancreas" and make him nervous. (Jojo)
• caffeine = Mrs. Green says coffee is “bad for your bones” ( Black and Blue)
• caffeine = Huggy tells Dobey, “All coffee, no solid food, makes captain a very shaky boy.” (Sweet Revenge)
• caffeine = Frankie tells Starsky coffee will "rot your guts away." (Pilot)
• chloride grouping, organic = Dr. Franklin speculates about the injection, clue from blood sample at puncture site. (A Coffin For Starsky)
• chloroform = Jack Morgan is killed by an overdose of chloroform. (Class in Crime)
• chloroform = Patrolman O'Brian is knocked out in his car with chloroform. (Murder on Stage 17)
• chlorohydrin = Cheryl speculates could be in the injection. (A Coffin For Starsky)
• coke = cocaine (Starsky’s Brother, Snowstorm, Murder at Sea, Bloodbath, Targets 1)
• cough drop (Jojo)
• DMT = a hallucinogenic, laced and smoked in pot or cigarettes, can be injected (Quadromania)
• dope = narcotic or dangerous drug, often heroin (Lady Blue, Bait, Targets 1)
• downers = depressant or sedative drug, such as a barbiturate or tranquilizer (Manchild on the Streets)
• dream dust = heroin (Bust Amboy)
• epinephrine = administered to Starsky after his cardiac arrest (Sweet Revenge)
• girl = cocaine (Targets 1)
• goodies = pills--uppers, downers (Manchild on the Streets)
• hormone shots = (Pilot, Rosey Malone)
• horse = heroin (A Coffin for Starsky, Fix)
• Jewish Penicillin = chicken soup (Shootout)
• junk = heroin (Bloodbath) cocaine (Bait) unknown (Pilot)
• lidocaine drip = administered to Starsky after his cardiac arrest (Sweet Revenge)
• lithium carbonate = an anti-psychotic, anti-manic medication, Hutch comments, “You’d get plenty on the street for this.” (Murder Ward)
• 'ludes = Quaaludes (Quadromania, Game, Targets 1)
• Mace = Hutch says he will "zap" some on Duvcha. (Collector)
• magic mushrooms = hallucinogenic mushrooms (Lady Blue)
• medicine = "Where's my medicine, give me my medicine." (Fix)
• Mexican Brown H = heroin (A Coffin for Starsky)
• mustard green broth = while not a drug, Huggy says it will cure what ails you. (Terror on the Docks)
• narco hallucinogenic highball = something that can make you sing, “I know where my head is at, won’t somebody find my body?’ (Lady Blue)
• nicotine = Blaze says it will make your teeth yellow. (Targets 2)
• Novocain = causes Starsky to have "an awful, stale taste in my mouth." (Cover Girl)
• organic chloride grouping = Dr. Franklin says the poison is (A Coffin For Starsky)
• PCP = Phencyclidine, used as anesthetic by veterinarians; illicitly taken for effects as a hallucinogen, often called Angel Dust (Quadromania)
• penicillin, Starsky tells woman the first prize is one hundred thousand units to share with her friends. (Pilot)
• pills = (Death in a Different Place, Discomania)
• poppers = inhalant, isobutyl nitrite (Quadromania)
• pot = cigarettes with no writing on them (Starsky’s Brother)
• pot = funny cigarettes (Blindfold)
• Quaaludes, also see 'ludes (Quadromania, Game, Targets 1)
• rat poison = strychnine (Heroes)
• recreational stimulants = (Quadromania)
• reds = used “to just plain get down and boogie,” Secobarbital(Quadromania)
• Red Devils = Bellamy busted with a suitcase of, perhaps the same as “reds.” (A Coffin for Starsky)
• smack = heroin (Bust Amboy, Heroes) cocaine (Bait)
• snappers = an ampoule of amyl nitrite or butyl nitrite, used illicitly to induce euphoria, enhance sexual stimulation (Quadromania)
• sniffing = Billy admits to "sniffing and drinking a little red wine." (Vendetta)
• snow = cocaine (Snowstorm)
• sodium bicarb = administered to Starsky after his cardiac arrest (Sweet Revenge)
• strychnine = strychnine has been banned for sale over the counter. However rat poison is a source and is fairly easily found in people’s storerooms and garages, so says Hutch (Heroes)
• stuff = heroin (Fix) unknown (Pilot)
• uppers = an amphetamine, used as a stimulant (Manchild on the Streets)
• Venezuelan Whiff = (Quadromania)
• weed = marijuana (Starsky’s Brother)
• whites = for that run-down feeling, Benzedrine (Quadromania)
• wood alcohol = what the corn liquor is cut with to “increase the supply.” (Moonshine)
• yellows = for iron poor blood, Nembutal (Quadromania)

Pills and aspirin
• “Everybody takes pills,” says Dobey. (Death in a Different Place)
• “Goodies” (uppers and downers) are mentioned. (Manchild on the Streets)
• Dobey gives Hutch some aspirin for pain from the fight at Rolly’s. He tosses Hutch the bottle from his desk. (Texas Longhorn)
• The first thing done for Mrs. Donner, after Jake dies, is to give her a sedative. Hutch encourages her to “take one,” in the doctor’s office. (Plague)
• A doctor has Mrs. Haymes “under sedation” after Joanna is kidnapped. (Psychic)
• Hutch asks Dobey for some aspirin after staying up all night. (Bloodbath)
• Starsky asks Hutch for some aspirin; It is a code to tell Hutch he was knocked out. (Foxy Lady)
• Hutch asks Starsky to open his prescription bottle. (Vendetta)
• Hutch gives Starsky some aspirin for pain from the fight with Paco. (Velvet Jungle)
• Hutch takes some aspirin in the office after the car bomb. Starsky brings him water. (Cover Girl)
• Hutch tosses some pill back with water after explosion across from Velvet Slide. (Starsky’s Brother)
• Hutch turns down Ernie’s offer of illegal drugs. He tells Hutch to go to the drugstore for over-the-counter pills. (Game)
• Marty Decker drugs his victims with prescription antihistamines. (Discomania)
• Marty Decker tells Starsky and Hutch, “Half the population below 50 is on barbiturates.” (Discomania)
• McClellan offers Rigger Quaaludes as part of his payment. (Targets 1)
• Nick tells Starsky he doesn’t do drugs, “I don’t even take aspirin. I’m afraid of it.” (Starsky’s Brother)
• Slate asks Dobson for an aspirin. (Strange Justice)
• The nurse gives Hutch a painkiller, “just a small dose of a morphine derivative.” (Partners)
• Starsky has taken four painkillers and is “feeling no pain.” (Sweet Revenge)
• Starsky says he could use an aspirin; It is a code, telling Hutch he was knocked out. (Murder at Sea)
• Starsky sets his prescriptions on his desk. Hutch investigates. (A Coffin for Starsky)
• Starsky suggests “an aspirin” to Roxy. (Heroes)
• Starsky tells Hutch to take an aspirin and his thought will go away. (Committee)
• Starsky’s passenger offers to sell him various pills. (Quadromania)
• Walt, the DJ, notes the first prize money would “buy a lot of pills.” (Discomania)
• Harry declines Hutch’s shot, saying it is probably “one part tetanus, nine parts morphine, bye-bye Harry.” (Deckwatch)

Asking for medicine
• Switek asks Matwick, “Do you got my medicine for me?” (Murder Ward)
• Hutch asks Starsky, “Give me some medicine!” (Fix)

Testing cocaine
• Cheryl tests it with test tubes. (Bait)
• Hutch tastes the white powder on shack floor. (Snowstorm)
• Mr. Orrin Lawford tests it with his tongue. (Death in a Different Place)
• Starsky tastes the cocaine in the bundles at bust. (Snowstorm)