Definition of Speedballing

1. speedball [v] - See also: speedball

Lexicographical Neighbors of Speedballing

speed networking
speed of light
speed of sound
speed queen
speed run
speed skate
speed skater
speed skating
speed trap
speed traps
speed up
speedball
speedballed
speedballer
speedballers
speedballing (current term)
speedboarder
speedboarders
speedboarding
speedboat
speedboating
speedboatings
speedboats
speedbump
speedbumps
speedcore
speedcube
speedcubed
speedcuber

Literary usage of Speedballing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pulse Check: National Trends in Drug Abuse: Summer 1998 by Barry M. McCaffrey (1999)
"In the past two years, Pulse Check sources have reported speedballing both among users who inject heroin and users who snort it. ..."

2. Cocaine: Pharmacology, Effects, and Treatment of Abuse edited by John Grabowski (1994)
"As cocaine has become more available, the practice of speedballing, ... In 1979, speedballing mentions accounted for approximately 17 percent of the cocaine ..."

3. Cocaine Use in America: Epidemmiologic and Clinical Perspectives edited by Nicholas J. Kozel, Edgar H. Adams (1996)
"When heroin and cocaine (or heroin and amphetamine) are injected simultaneously, it is called "speedballing." The risk for acute overdose reactions ..."

4. The Drug Connection in U. S.-Mexican Relations edited by Guadalupe Gonzalez, Marta Tienda (1996)
"An example of this is the simultaneous injection of heroin and cocaine, a practice known as "speedballing." One particularly lethal combination, ..."

5. Treatment for Stimulant Use Disorders edited by Richard A. Rawson, Rose M. Urban (2000)
"speedballing—simultaneous use of opioids and cocaine or other stimulants—is still prevalent in many places because the combination is perceived to smooth ..."

6. Pulse Check: National Trends in Drug Abuse by Lee P. Brown (1995)
"Exceptions are Connecticut and Colorado where "one-on-one" packages (heroin and cocaine) are offered for speedballing. In these instances, buyers are ..."

7. Drug Abuse and Drug Abuse Research (1991): The Third Triennial Report to edited by MaryLouise Embrey, Christine R. Hartel (1999)
"Many of these deaths involved these drugs used in combination, commonly called "speedballing." Alcohol was a factor in 38 percent ..."

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