snowstorm n.
(US drugs) the using of cocaine or morphine.
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | S.F. Call 27 Nov. 3/1: A cocaine fiend, referring to his practice [...] is always ‘taking a show ride’, or having a ‘snow storm’. | |
| Bastard (1963) 49: John found some cocaine and Sook soon quieted down a little. And later, after two or three snow-storms, she wouldn’t let anyone else touch Sheriff Jim. | |
| ‘Gats in the Hat’ in Gun Molls Sept. 🌐 She [...] threw him a small folded paper. ‘Treat yourself to a snowstorm and see if you can stop that damn jerking!’ [...] he rubbed the fine white powder on the back of his left hand and sniffed eagerly. | |
| Traffic In Narcotics 315: snow fall. A bout of cocaine- or morphine-using. |
In phrases
1. (US drugs) under the influence of cocaine, esp. when experiencing extreme effects.
| ‘Perfect Crime’ in Penzler Pulp Fiction (2007) 351: ‘Walk in a snow storm, brother?’ ‘It’s dope, isn’t it?’ [...] ‘Happy dust. Have some?’. | |
| San Quentin Bulletin in L.A. Times 6 May 7: CAUGHT IN A SNOWSTORM, drugged with cocaine. | |
| Criminal Sl. (rev. edn). | |
| Traffic In Narcotics 306: caught in a snowstorm. To be under the influence of drugs, especially of heroin, morphine, or cocaine. | |
![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | Cross of Lassitude 239: He can understand very little, most of it seeming to be about someone who was ‘caught in a snowstorm,’ and ‘riding the wave’. | |
| Prison Sl. 80: Wired for Sound To be extremely high on amphetamines or cocaine. (Archaic: caught in a snow storm). |
2. experiencing the hallucinations which accompany an overdose of morphine.
| Argot: Dict. of Und. Sl. 47: snow storm – hallucinations caused by an overdose of morphine. |