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21. 'Ludes? You bet.

Mon Oct 1, 2018, 04:04 PM

Oct 2018

I was never a heavy advocate for Quaalude(methaqualone) use, but my brother was turned into a zombie for a few weeks during 1981 due to massive ingestion. It got so weird that our mutual purveyor for all things prohibited stopped selling to him.

There are still a few annual seizures of methaqualone in the US. Illicit methaqualone production seems confined to mostly India at present.

I admit to having used a few, but I used to drink quite a lot back then, and mixing the two was a sure way to a heavy blackout(does that sound familiar?). I have taken Klonopin(clonazepam) whilst drinking and that too interrupts memory function.

It seems all these GABA_a agonists can really wreak havoc with one's memory if used inJUDICIOUSly. See B. Kavanaugh for confirmation(I did it again!! )

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Just pretend he is a Democrat or the prez is. Disqualified day one, no questions. Eliot Rosewater Oct 2018 #20

To be young and drink - no problem with that. But when you assault young women while drunk, iluvtennis Oct 2018 #19

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I wonder how many actually did 2naSalit Oct 2018 #31

They really were - moonscape Oct 2018 #32

del Real was missing for a "Renate Alumni" photo: Leghorn21 Oct 2018 #3

Is that Bart in the upper left? Jersey is 23. (23 x 3) equals 69. Just saying. TheBlackAdder Oct 2018 #4

That's him alright - never thought of the numerical connotations, though! Leghorn21 Oct 2018 #5

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'Ludes? You bet. osmium Oct 2018 #21

Yes. Quaaludes were used a lot in this area. lisby Oct 2018 #22

Overlaps the period in question JHB Oct 2018 #25

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