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FREmoji — drugs & substances
Machine translation. The Dutch version is authoritative. View in Dutch
+Context
This theme groups emoji that can point to substances, substance use and dealing: hashish, weed, pills, cocaine, lean and vapes. Many symbols are everyday ones (a chocolate bar, a drink, a plant) and only acquire signal value as code language or in a dealing context: weighing and dividing, stock in blocks, or use that becomes visible in posts. Combinations strengthen the meaning.
+Terms
| Emoji | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 🧱 | Block, stock, sometimes drugs context |
| 🍫 | Hashish, block of hash, "os" or piece of hash |
| 🐂 | "Os" (Dutch for ox), street slang/reference to a block or quantity of hash |
| 🍫🐂 | Hashish, block of hash, "os" |
| ⚖️ | Weighing, measuring out, dealing, dividing |
| 🧪 | Substances, experimenting, drugs context |
| 🌿 | Weed, cannabis, smoking a joint |
| 🍃 | Weed, smoking, hash/cannabis |
| 💊 | Pills, drugs, medication or party drugs |
| 🍬 | Sweets, sometimes code language for pills or drugs |
| ❄️ | Cocaine, "snow", cold status/ice |
| 🧊 | Ice, jewellery, sometimes cocaine context |
| 🍼 | Lean, drink, mixed drink in some youth cultures |
| 🥤 | Drink, lean, mixed drink, substance use |
| 🚬 | Smoking, cigarettes, smoking a joint |
| 🖊️💨 | Vape, vaping, e-cigarette, disposable vape |
| 🧱🧱 | Lots of stock, blocks, stacking |
| 💊🥤 | Substance use, pills/drink |
| 🍃🚬 | Smoking a joint, smoking |
+Signal value
A single plant or drink says little. Signal value arises from clustering: substance emoji together with weighing/dealing symbols (⚖️ 🧱), with money and logistics emoji (drop location, runner), or with behavioural signals such as unexplained money and changing contacts. Distinguish use (one user, own posts) from dealing (stock, dividing, customers). Code language such as 🍬 for pills or 🍫🐂 for hash carries more weight within a broader pattern.
+What you can do
- Distinguish signals of use from signals of dealing; each calls for a different route.
- If you suspect substance use: discuss care signals, and involve youth care/addiction care where necessary.
- If you suspect a dealing role or recruitment: flag it, discuss it with colleagues, escalate to the care and safety consultation.
- Hold the conversation openly and without judgement; read emoji in clusters, not in isolation.
+Disclaimer
These meanings are never fixed. Emoji can differ per young person, friendship group, region, platform and context. An emoji is never evidence in itself, but it can be a signal when it fits a broader pattern of language use, behaviour, posts, contacts and offline signals. Use this overview as a tool for identifying signals, not as an instrument of proof.
+Sources
emoji_woordenboek.docx(Emoji dictionary, column Emoji / Mogelijke betekenis)