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pjm007 | 20:51 Sun 28th Aug 2005 | Body & Soul
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Why is cocaine called 'Charlie'?
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Because of the thousands and thousands of dollars Charlie Sheen spent on it in the 1980's.
21:05 Sun 28th Aug 2005
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Charlie is a code-word for the letter 'C', as in "Alpha, Bravo, Charlie..." As that is the opening letter of 'cocaine', 'Charlie' was clearly a sensible choice as a nickname. In much the same way, heroin is often called 'H' and that was expanded into 'horse'. I suppose 'hotel' - the usual British phonetic version of 'H' - seemed a bit weak! ("Hey, buddy, got any hotel?" doesn't really have the right ring to it, does it?)
21:12 Sun 28th Aug 2005
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I always assume it was from the cartoon Charlie Chalk, seeing how it looks very much like chalk and then that being shortend to just Charlie. A few people I know still do call it chalk.

Just a thought mind...

14:36 Tue 30th Aug 2005

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