“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)
- barbiturates = John Blaine had some in his drink (Death in a Different Place)
- barbiturates = Charlie Deek pours some on Hutch’s apple. (Murder Ward)
- barbiturates = 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 Without a Badge: Part 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, The Bait, Targets Without a Badge: Part 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 Without a Badge: Part 1)
- goodies = pills: uppers, downers (Manchild on the Streets)
- hormone shots = (Pilot, I Love You, Rosey Malone)
- horse = heroin (A Coffin for Starsky, The Fix)
- Jewish Penicillin = chicken soup (Shootout)
- junk = heroin (Bloodbath) cocaine (The 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, The Game, Targets Without a Badge: Part 1)
- Mace = Hutch says he will “zap” some on Duvcha. (The Collector)
- magic mushrooms = hallucinogenic mushrooms (Lady Blue)
- medicine = “Where’s my medicine? Give me my medicine.” (The 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 Without a Badge: Part 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 = antibiotic, Starsky tells woman the first prize is 100,000 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, The Game, Targets Without a Badge: Part 1)
- rat poison = strychnine (The 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, The Heroes) cocaine (The 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. (The Heroes)
- stuff = heroin (The 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. (The Plague)
- A doctor has Mrs. Haymes “under sedation” after Joanna is kidnapped. (The 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. (The 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. (The 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 Without a Badge: Part 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. (The Heroes)
- Starsky tells Hutch to take an aspirin and his thought will go away. (The 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!” (The Fix)
Testing Cocaine
- Cheryl tests it with test tubes. (The 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)
