Drug info - Quaaludes/Mandrax/Methaqualone

[tinydancer]

*Please Note that this is a Combined Thread. The earlier posts are from before the time that Self-Incrimination became frowned upon. Do NOT take this as a license to avoid the use of SWIM (or similar)*

Back in the early 80's qualudes(sp) were popular amongst my friends.
I never got a chance to try them because I missed the party or didn't
get invited. I'm curious to know what type of drug is this and how does
it feel being on ludes?

as far as I am aware they are no longer made. It was a barbituate and I did try them many years ago. UN-BE-f**kING-Believeable. just stay safe and do some xanix

[OneDiaDem]

Ahhh, the Lude groove. They arent made anymore. Heavy pills. Nice ride. Im not sure why they quit making them, but they were heavily abused, which may have been the reason, plus they were very strong. Newer and better drugs have come along. OD was not uncommon back in the day.

[edgien]

Oh how I remember the king of the feeL good remedy...Quaaludes or Methaqualone was outlawed in 1984 and is no longer manufactured (legaLLy that is). Ludes were the drug of choice by many, it would put you in the best mood of your life and you woke up the next morning feeLing like a million bucks andwould make even the most inhibitedgirL or guy HORNY as heLL in less time then to say "huh". But as with many good things there was a price to pay for longterm use not to mention many a souL left this worLd while indulging in the big "714". You either loved them or hated them, for some it would simply put them to sLeep butfor others including myself the memory although somewhat blurred was very sweet!!!!!!!!!!!

someone once said......20~30mg of Valium (Roche Labs)wiLL give you a Quaalude like "feeL~good"...Ludes were termed Major TranquiLizars and Valium were termed minor tranquiLizars in the dayso go figure........trust me it works.....

[rolexparts]

Quaaludes are not made any longer. They're not barbiturates. They're in their on class. Look them up on google. Quaalude had some extremely potent and undesireable (in the clinical setting) side effects. That's why it's not used any more

[edgien]

I sure never had any ~~UndesIreaBLe~~side effects but as with any heavy__drug it wiLL do some very undesireable side effects on your internaL organs with heavy or longterm usage, good thing they quite manufacturing them cause Im sure I would have suffered some of them.......

I know folks have heard of this and I'm not looking for a source but is it still produced anywhere in the world. I heard that it was still produced in Poland. Any thoughts or insight would be great.


Thanks -obboy

Ever been in Switzerland?

Toquilone Compositum ( 250mg Methaqualone).

[TheMatrix]

What are they, what do/did they do and are they still around?

[ToxicMind]

i have no idea if they're still around. i've never done them and my friends/my dealer don't have them. so i'd say theyre pretty rare, but probly out there somehwere. but here's some info anyways(from erowid):


DESCRIPTION
Methaqualone (Quaalude) is a sedative/hypnotic central nervous system depressant similar to barbiturates. It is most often taken orally in tablet and produces a range of effects including light sedation, euphoria and sleep at lower doses to unconsciousness and sometimes seizures at high doses.


to read more on them go here:


Erowid Methaqualone Vault (Quaaludes)

[Thegreatone]

u might see stuff that is supposed to be ludes withg the lemon 316 or somew oyther number samp on them fairly big pills but according to most people they are just other benzos being used in that stamp, plus iv read something of the sort on a dea or fbi bust story. i think ther r made in aferica or used to bo

[BlueMystic]

Originally Posted by Guest

as far as I am aware they are no longer made. It was a barbituate and I did try them many years ago. UN-BE-f**kING-Believeable. just stay safe and do some xanix

Sorry guest. Methaqualone is not a barbituate.


By the way. They are still availabe in different parts of the world. There is an epidemic of people using methaqualone in South Africa. People are smoking it on top of cannabis.

[blackwolf]

I belive you most likly will only find them in southh africa, where it seems
to be quite popular. I have heard the like to smoke cigs dipped in it too.
But again this is all 3rd hand knowledge. As far as the rest of the world I
have not heard of anyone having true quaaludes since the early 80s.

[sands of time]

Unless someone has a 20 year old script laying around, your not going to find them in the states. They were used as a sleeping aid but they created to many problems so they were replaced by benzos.

[korky8097]

ever hear that skynard song that smell? Talks about ludes' in it
at one point, "so they call you prince charming, cant speak a word when
your full of ludes', say youll be alright come tommorow, but tommorow
might not be here for you" sounds like they fuck you up pretty
good from those lyrics. I dont think they make them anymore though

[Psilocybe S.]

Actually, people still make them on the street. I know where to find some capsules in Santa Monica. But they're all street synth. chemicals, not professionaly made pills.

[unico_walker]

DESCRIPTION
Methaqualone (Quaalude) is a sedative/hypnotic central nervous system depressant similar to
barbiturates. It is most often taken orally in tablet and produces a range of effects including light sedation, euphoria and sleep at lower doses to unconsciousness and sometimes seizures at high doses.

Sounds a lot like a GABA agonist,effects are likely similar to GHB.

I'll look it up sounds interesting,I'd heard of them but assumed they were just an old brand of benzos.

[Ludeman]

Quaaludes were my favorite high. They are also known as Mandrax. Does anyone know if they exist anywhere??

[GoaM]

There's a big blackmarket for them in South Africa. I'd love to try a lude. :P They even smoke em there. It's supposed to be a huge problem.

[zapatista]

Ah mandrax..........Mandracos as we called them in South Texas. Not available anymore and when they were, they were not pharmaceutical grade. My understanding was that most were produced in South America in clandestine labs. I would say that there is no pharm quality Mandrax or Qs at this time. The prior poster might be right in Stating that South Africa has a market for clandestine lab produced Mandrax. also correct in stating that Mandrax can be smoked.


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[Nicaine]

Has anyone ever tried Quaaludes (Methaqualone)? They aren't prescribed in the U.S. anymore, but are mentioned so often in books & movies that it always gets my curiosity going about what the high is like.

Apparently they're still available in India, Sri Lanka and South Africa (brand name Mandrax). Do we have any members who have tried this substance and can report on it?

Thanks
Edited by: Nicaine

[Mr Jones]

Quaaludes - better known as Mandrax in South Africa, is and remain the synthetic drug of choice among some users. Off course I've never tried it, but if seen people who have and they go into a zombie/trans-like state of oblivion with a lot of salivation. The stuff 's highly addictive and administration method of choice is grinding the tablet and mixing it with cannabis, one tablet to one spliff, and smoking. All sources supplying to SA is illicit/illegal, and the scale is huge - a couple of years ago I personally worked a 24 million tablet seizure. Precursors are also regularly seized in several metric ton quantities. The preparation is fairly straight forward and well documented.


http://www.saps.gov.za/drugs/drugs/b...m#METHAQUALONE


http://www.saps.gov.za/drugs/drugs/index.htm


http://www.saps.gov.za/drugs/drugs/methindex.htm


http://www.erowid.org/archive/rhodium/pdf/quaalude.pdf

[Piglet]

I think it's fair to say that the worlds 'favorite' downer of abuse is the now defunct 'Quaalude' or 'Mandrax'. Does anyone have details on it's method of action? It's supposed to interact with the GABA receptor but, in spite of it's somewhat similar structure to benzos, it's effect is quite wildly different (better). About the only place that still has a thriving black market is South Africawhere 'een wit pipe' or (for the non-Afrikaans speakers) 'A white Pipe' as joints containing it are called are still popular.


Tried & True: the 'lude'





The boring replacement diazepam





While I'm at it, anyone got likes to an SAR of the anaogues (mecloqualone etc).

[Jeyez]

never heard of it sounds interesting, is it legal in the us, if so what level of controlled substunce is it?

[Nagognog2]

Not legal anymore in the USA. It was extremely popular in the 1970's as a sex-drug with the plastic disco-crowd. "Like dude, pop some 'ludes, dude."

It is now a schedule I controlled substance.