Methaqualone
Methaqualone is a sedative and hypnotic medication. It was sold under the brand names Quaalude and Sopor among others, which contained 300mg of methaqualone, and sold as a combination drug under the brand name Mandrax which contained 250mg methaqualone and 25mg diphenhydramine within the same tablet, though mostly in Europe. Commercial production of methaqualone was halted in the mid 1980s due to widespread abuse and addictiveness. It is a member of the quinazolinone class. The sedative–hypnotic activity of methaqualone was first noted in 1955. In 1962, methaqualone was patented in the United States by Wallace and Tiernan. Its use peaked …
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GI-TOC: Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime · 19 March 2024 English
still don’t know. [...] We see this in the increased levels of local production of meth, MdMA and methaqualone in southern African markets;109 the growth in fentanyl and meth production in the western provinces …
being trafficked to the UK. © NDTV Nearly 19 000 methaqualone tablets seized by South African police in February … levels of local production of meth, MdMA and methaqualone in southern African markets;109 the growth in …
GI-TOC: Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime · 19 February 2024 French
Bien qu’il n’existe pas de données quantitatives fiables sur la consommation de drogues en Afrique de l’Ouest, des entretiens avec des consommateurs de drogue (PWUD) et des professionnels de l’application …
de l’héroïne106. Le marché sud-africain de la méthaqualone, qui existe depuis longtemps, côtoie désormais …
GI-TOC: Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime · 9 February 2024 English
In Togo, interviews were carried out in the nation’s capital, Lomé, and Cinkassé, a town on the border with Ghana and Burkina Faso and a main transit point for a …
and heroin.106 South Africa’s long-standing methaqualone market now exists alongside newer synthetic …
GI-TOC: Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime · 12 December 2023 English
linked to another case in the Eastern Cape.105 The Matsetela network used hired vehicles and trucks to In his sentencing, the judge referred to the fact that carry out the …
Minister of Police Bheki Cele, over 1 000 Mandrax (methaqualone) tablets and other illegal items were also found …
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre · 29 November 2023 English
This code then informs the crawlers of the location of the specified drug categories, allowing the crawler to then iterate through the indexed pages of each of those categories. [...] …
thiopental Hypnotics and sedatives (N05CM) E.g., methaqualone, scopolamine, clomethiazole Antidepressants …
TRANSFORM: Transform Drug Policy Foundation · 8 November 2023 English
At the time of writing, some form of decriminalisation of certain plant-based psychedelics has been introduced in nearly 20 US cities.30 The states of Oregon and Colorado have gone a …
Barbiturates Amphetamine MAOIs Chloroform Cocaine Methaqualone Cathinone GHB GBL Ephedrine Piperazines Cannabis …
EU: European Union · 28 September 2023 English
293355 -- Loprazolam (INN), mecloqualone (INN), methaqualone (INN) and zipeprol (INN); salts thereof 0 % …
EU: European Union · 28 September 2023 English
293355 -- Loprazolam (INN), mecloqualone (INN), methaqualone (INN) and zipeprol (INN); salts thereof 0 % …
BCCLA: BC Civil Liberties Association · 6 September 2023
Mission To protect and advance the health, human rights, and dignity of people who use drugs by: ∙ abolishing criminal and other laws, policies, and practices that control, stigmatize, pathologize, …
name Ritalin™) and cathinone, sedatives such as methaqualone (Quaalude™), and psychedelics such as LSD, psilocybin …
GI-TOC: Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime · 25 August 2023 English
On the other, in a context where corruption is rife and drugs networks are well protected, Unanswered questions over the rise in the use of what is the advantage of …
included thousands of tablets of Mandrax and methaqualone (a precursor for manufacturing Mandrax), as …
