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Definition of Quaalude
1. Noun. Sedative-hypnotic drug (trade name Quaalude) that is a drug of abuse.
Generic synonyms: Sedative-hypnotic, Sedative-hypnotic Drug
Language type: Trade Name
Definition of Quaalude
1. Proper noun. (pharmaceutical drug) A proprietary name for methaqualone. ¹
2. Noun. A dose of such a drug, sometimes used recreationally. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Quaalude
1. a sedative drug [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quaalude
Literary usage of Quaalude
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Maintaining Budgetary Discipline: Spending and Revenue Options edited by Sherry Snyder (1999)
"Methaqualone (including Sopor and Quaalude) CDl ....CD2 d. Nembutal Di D2 e.
Phenobarbital Dl D 2 f. Placidyl Di .... D 2 g. Seconal Di .... D 2 h. ..."
2. Parents, Peers and Pot II: Parents in Action by Marsha Manatt (1996)
"... the day the police called to tell her that her 15-year-old daughter had been
found unconscious from a beer-and-Quaalude overdose on a Galveston beach. ..."
3. Date Rape Drugs: Hearing Before the Committee on Commerce, U.S. House of edited by Fred Upton (2000)
"In this context it has been referred to by several names to include Cherry meth,
Georgia home boy, Liquid ecstasy, Liquid X, Easy lay, Natures quaalude and ..."
4. National Household Survey on Drug Abuse: Main Findings, 1996 by Angela Brittingham (1998)
"Sedatives such as Seconal, Quaalude, and other "sleeping pills" are sometimes
called "downers." Tranquilizers or "tranks" include anxiety-reducing drugs ..."
5. Substance Abuse Among Older Adults: Treatment Improvement Protocol edited by Frederic C. Blow (1999)
"They also prefer, however, older anxiolytics and hypnotics such as
methaqualone (Quaalude) or meprobamate (Miltown) to benzodiazepines (Winger ..."
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