white crosses
Rows of markers
White crosses are cross-shaped amphetamine tablets, named for their appearance—white pills scored with an X for easy splitting.
The term was common in the 1960s and 70s among truckers and students seeking to stay awake: He popped a couple white crosses to make it through the night shift.
Also refers to literal white memorial crosses marking roadside deaths or military graves.
Central nervous system stimulant
- speedRate of motion
- benniesAmphetamine tablets, informally
- uppersStimulant drugs, informally
- truck driversCommercial vehicle operators
stimulant · pill · tablet · prescription · dextroamphetamine · methamphetamine · ephedrine · pseudoephedrine
Compulsive substance reliance
- overdoseHarmful excess intake
- dependenceState of needing another
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
misuse · habit · relapse · detox · rehabilitation · binge · tweaking · cravings
Fourth decade, twentieth century
- truckingRoad-based freight shipping
- long-haulCovering great distances
- all-nighterSleepless work stretch
- cram sessionRushed intensive study period
counterculture · speed freak · underground · black market · dealers · trafficking · slang · street drug
Active mental awareness
- wakefulnessState of being conscious
- energyPower to do work
- focusConcentrated attention point
- concentrationSustained single-minded attention
euphoria · appetite suppression · insomnia · jitters · crash · heart racing · dry mouth · sweating
amphetamine
Central nervous system stimulant
truck drivers · stimulant · pill · tablet · prescription · dextroamphetamine · methamphetamine · ephedrine · pseudoephedrine · controlled substance
addiction
Compulsive substance reliance
- overdoseHarmful excess intake
- dependenceState of needing another
- withdrawalAct of taking away
tolerance · misuse · habit · relapse · detox · rehabilitation · binge · tweaking · cravings · compulsion
1970s
Fourth decade, twentieth century
- truckingRoad-based freight shipping
- long-haulCovering great distances
- all-nighterSleepless work stretch
cram session · counterculture · speed freak · underground · black market · dealers · trafficking · slang · street drug · illicit
alertness
Active mental awareness
- wakefulnessState of being conscious
- energyPower to do work
- focusConcentrated attention point
concentration · euphoria · appetite suppression · insomnia · jitters · crash · heart racing · dry mouth · sweating · talkativeness
- Arlington Cemeteryeternal flame, headstones, burial plots, grave markers, changing of the guard
- stimulantscaffeine, amphetamine, amphetamines, methamphetamine, cocaine
white crossesunmarked graves
Burial sites without identification
obelisks · mausoleums · mass graves · burial mounds · cremation urns
white, whites, whiter, whitest, whiten, whitened, whitening, whitens, whitish