Okay, I am writing a reply brief and one of the items seized by officers were Xanax Bars. I know this refers to the shape of the pills. But does anyone have a reference that I can use for the court of appeals?

Xanax is the name brand of the drug alprazolam. The street slang for the 2mg pill is "bars" and for the 1mg pill and under, the slang is "footballs"

AJS

You could always cite the ever-authoritative urbandictionary.com as your source.

G

I have almost resorted to just that, it would be in a footnote anyway.

Surely someone on your police force has attended a narcotics training that discusses street slang for "xanny bars." If they've retained the training materials then you could cite to them, or simply cite to an interview of the officer. I don't have my blue book with me, but I know there's a citation form for a personal interview. If you do that, then you might call someone at the DPS lab or in another jurisdiction. Surely someone in Houston or Dallas has an officer that does training.

You might consult the Drug Identification Bible it generally has the street names of common drugs.

Web MD has online pictures of alprazolam: Xanax Pictures

In the past, the justices of the Sixth Court of Appeals have been willing to consider internet sources that help explain jargon used at trial.