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Green’s Dictionary of Slang

A-bomb n.

[the supposedly ‘explosive’ effects]

(US drugs)

a combination of marijuana or hashish with opium, or another narcotic.

1969		R.R. Lingeman Drugs from A to Z (1970) 25: A-bomb [...] A mixture of marijuana and heroin smoked in a cigarette [...]. More preferred are the combinations opium and hashish.
1971		E.E. Landy Underground Dict. (1972).
2001		ONDCP Street Terms 1: A-bomb — Marijuana cigarette with heroin or opium.

In compounds

A-bomb juice (n.)

(US) illicitly distilled alcohol, ‘moonshine’.

1957		E. & S. Deak Grande Dictionnaire d’Americanismes (5th edn).
2000		(con. 1940s–60s) Décharné Straight from the Fridge Dad 1: A-Bomb juice Moonshine liquor.
2002		A. Mariello ‘Dirty Dictionaries’ on Weekly Dig 🌐 Last night we went to my boy’s cid pad and got completely giffed on A-bomb juice. We were so activated we barely noticed our friend Al K. Hall slip through the front door.