Methaqualone Quaaludes

Quaalude (methaqualone) A prescription sedative and sleep aid that was removed from the legal market in the early 1980s because of widespread abuse. 

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Also known as methaqualone, Quaalude, ludes and wallbangers. This drug is addictive, sometimes fatal (especially when combined with alcohol) and is best left alone. 

One of the first quinazolone-based drugs, the sedative hypnotic methaqualone (83-4), gained considerable notoriety as a drug of abuse under the alias ludes after the original tradename Quaalude. The compound is prepared in a straightforward fashion by fusion of anthranilamide (83-1) with orf/zo-toluidine (83-2) [93] the reaction can be envisaged as proceeding via the di-amide (83-3). 

Methaqualone (Quaalude, Sopor), a nonbarbiturate hypnotic that is said to give a heroin-like high without drowsiness, is banned in the United States. 

OFFICIAL NAMES Methaqualone STREET NAMES Quaaludes, ludes, quads, quay, sopors, 714s, mandrax, mandrakes, mandies, buttons, disco biscuits, love drug... 

The addictive quality and the speed with which tolerance to the drug developed was becoming apparent, and in the 1970s medical literature issued frequent reports of methaqualone abuse, dependence, and withdrawal. Hospital admissions and fatalities related to methaqualone grew exponentially. In 1982, there were a reported 2,764 emergency room visits attributed to Quaalude use. 

DAWN) of the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Counterfeit Quaaludes sold on the street often contain sedatives other than methaqualone. However, methaqualone abuse and trafficking in South Africa is widespread. 

Despite the reclassification of methaqualone to Schedule II, the use and abuse of the drug soared throughout the 70s and early 80s. Legitimate use for the drug rapidly decreased with the new classification. By 1982, Lemmon Company, the only remaining U.S. manufacturer of the drug, reported that prescriptions written for Quaaludes had dropped from a high of four million in 1973 to less than 300,000, a decline of over 90%. 

Statistically, however, legal sources of methaqualone had only been a fraction of the total Quaalude supply in the United States. In 2001, the DEA estimated the illicit, or counterfeit, production of the drug at 150 metric tons annually in the early 1980s, over 20 times the amount of legitimate methaqualone produced worldwide. 

Although some sedative-hypnotics such as the nonbarbiturates glutethimide (Doriden) and methaqualone (Quaalude) were once legally prescribed drugs, these substances were banned from use in the United States because of their potential for addiction and abuse. Some sedative-hypnotics such as flunitrazepam (Rohypnol) are illegal in the United States but are legal in Europe and Latin America. 

Quaaludes see Methaqualone Quads see Methaqualone Quat see Catha edulis Quay see Methaqualone Quazepam see Benzodiazepine Quetiapine see Tranquilizers Quick see Ketamine Quicksilver see Inhalants Quinethazone see Diuretics... 

Alcohol is just one of many drugs used to facilitate rape. Others include marijuana, cocaine, benzodiazepines, barbiturates, chloral hydrate, methaqualone ( quaaludes ), heroin, morphine, and LSD. Three of the more commonly used drugs today—and the ones that are the focus of this book—are Rohypnol, gamma hydroxybutyrate ( GHB ), and ketamine. Though Rohypnol and GHB were initially used as recreational drugs at clubs and raves, word soon spread among American youth that these drugs could be used quite effectively to commit rape. 

One of the rules 1 follow is to know my tolerance so that I take the right dose. Black-markct Quaaludes are more of a problem, because their quality is uncertain Usually they contain less methaqualone than pharmaceutical Quaaludes, but they really vary. I ve seen two people with equal tolerance each take one black-market Quaalude and experience different effects. So knowing your drug is important, too,... 

A number of barbiturate-like compounds have been developed (such as methaqualone, or Quaaludes), but they have the same undesirable effects as the barbiturates. 

This category includes various sedative agents ranging from light to heavy in both effects and overdose potential. Specifically. Librium. Valium, the chlorpromazines (Thorazine. Stellazine). Miltown. and the currently popular methaqualone preparations such as Quaaludes, Sopors. Mandrax (Canada UK), and many more. 

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