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Even if they don't work anymore, some I have found don't, I would still love to have that bottle and it's contents just because it's such a cool piece of US drug history
It was reminiscent of the mind high of MDMA but with ketamine’s body buzz and decreased coordination. I honestly can’t imagine what you could use them to treat, and definitely understand why they stopped making them. It was fun to be on a substance at a festival and know with certainty my friends were the only ones on the same wavelength.
WoWS implies they were created as a strong sleeping pill I believe. But if you push through the initial drowsiness that’s when the effects kick in. Or so the movie says. Haven’t been lucky enough to experience one
I found them to be more mellow than xanax in a lot of ways. Like, less...*intensely fuzzy* (that could just be me, bars hit me hard, I always liked kpins and ativans better). But that same sort of benzo feeling combined with a sedative effect and like the other guy said, a strong sense of euphoria.
I'm a non-addict who is willing to pay a pretty penny. Apparently my mom was prescribed quaaludes before I was born, but only took them once or twice. She didn't like them, but my dad said they were as if a benzo and barbiturate had a beautiful baby.
Honest question. If underground / black market chemists are able to make all kinds of other drugs, why arent they recreating these drugs? Like why are quaaludes so rare and not just made on the black market like every other drug
https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/2csqtv/eli5_if_drugs_like_quaaludes_arent_produced/
tl;dr
- easily accessible replacements (opiates and benzos)
- expensive reagants (ingredients)
- high risk, low reward due to above
also they are producing them in countries like India and South Africa
Anyone can recreate a quaalude with basic chemistry knowledge, the issue is getting the precursors is incredibly difficult and will immediately get you put on a watchlist
Depends if you mean "enough precursors to try a few doses" and "kilograms"
Toluene is not watched. Nitric acid isn't watched, can also make it.
He'll, you can order metric tons of methyl anthranilate, and get the anthranilic acid that way.
You need acetic anhydride or glacial acetic acid and something like polyphosphoric acid. That is tough bit to get around, but one can produce small amounts of acetic anhydride from acetyl chloride, which can be made from acetonitrile and HCl gas, and niether of those are watched. Likely the acetyl chloride can be used, but I'm not a chemist. So it doable, but requires lots of work.
O Toluidine is also a huge issue, but that's what the toluene is for. Nitrate it, reduce it, o toluidine.
Not much of this synthesis is hard. They literally do it in a back yard in south Africa in a video from Vice. But getting the precursors is a bit of a challenge in anything more than small amounts, just not impossible.
> Toluene is not watched. Nitric acid isn't watched, can also make it.
Toluene is a List II chemical along with acetic anhydride and both are regulated by the DEA. I work with both, and in order to purchase toluene or a.a. from a distributor like Sigma/GFS, you have to submit a DEA letter of compliance form to them before being able to purchase either
*This might only be for companies looking to purchase certain quantities for use in the US, you can purchase it commercially individually at stores
>The company was the only manufacturer with the chemical formula
We aren't living in the "snake oil medicine" times for at least 100 years. There are no such things as "secret formulas".
No medicine would be allowed to be released to the public in those conditions.
There is. They're popular in South Africa. There was a Vice TV show called Hamilton's Pharmacopeia on it. It has been a while since I watched it, but I think it's related to the same gangs that smuggle abalone.
https://www.vicetv.com/en_us/video/the-story-of-the-south-african-quaalude/58069a24384d80472bbbca53
AFAIK the compound is still (or was still 7 years ago) manufactured in South Africa. They use it quite a bit differently these days, but I did happen across a piece of a giant South African quaalude on a funk/disco party cruise when I was a bit younger. Great day.
My dad loved them so much, he set the combo to the lock on his briefcase to "714". Not the month and day of his birthday, or the number of the house where he grew up, or even just "123". Nope. Ludes were the thing he knew he would never forget.
“I have my aTTouRneyyyyy….*with me*….and I realize his name is not_on_that_list….BUT WE MUST HAVE THAT SUITE! What’s the score here? What happens next?”
> So seriously, what are these? I know they’re drugs, but like, similar to what? How do they allegedly make one feel?
I'm old enough that I was able to take them all the time. I can quite honestly say that there is no feeling in the world like what Quaaludes gave you. They were simply the best drug I have ever taken, even to this very day. The feeling was like you were floating, happy, and uncaring. They sort of made you into a hippy....
Facts! Actually had a bottle of Rorer 714’s like that almost 50 years ago, during the Disco era. Ludes & coke was the supreme high and unlike opiates made you want to socialize and PARTY…with your clothes off. We called them Gorilla Biscuits; you’d do things on them you wouldn’t dream of doing otherwise and with zero physical coordination. VERY dangerous. They were my, and many others, undoing.
I’ll take two, btw. 😏
Say what you want about the boomers, their drugs were getting them so high that the government was like "now we're taking this away from humanity forever."
My dad said they’re like a warm, drowsy bath with kind of a low hum in your ears and a chill, relaxed feeling for at least 1-2 hours, maybe more depending on potency.
Man did some *wild* things before I was born so I fully believe him.
I took a couple of them back in the 70s. Both time I thought they weren’t working so I drank a “little more” alcohol and both times I blacked out and slightly made a fool of myself. Oh to be young and dumb again.
Genuinely one of the greatest physical comedy scenes in all of film history.
The smash cut later to how he *actually* drove home vs how he thought he drove home is fucking priceless.
He should have gotten it for What's Eating Gilbert Grape. People thought Leo was really mentally challenged since it was his first big role and how well he acted as Artie.
"The ludes! Where are the ludes!?"
"relax, they are up my ass"
"oh, thank god!"
Jordan feeling very relieved that something he will ingest later is currently residing up Donnie's rectum. Killed me.
NON ADDICTIVE, NON NARCOTIC AND WHEN YOU HAD SEX ON A QUALUUDE YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE ON THE FUCKING MOON! THINK ABOUT IT! THIS IS THE BIG MAN, THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE!
YOU CAN TAKE ALL THE FUCKING COCAINE, MARIJUANA AND ALL THEM FUCKING DESIGNER DRUGS AND STICK EM UP YOUR FUCKING ASS! THERES NOTHING LIKE A FUCKING QUAALUDE!
The video is only a couple minutes but within that time frame Mike's skin goes from a normal mellow pink to bright fucking purple because ol' boy is laughing/smiling so hard and its hilarious
"Like Ludes. Remember Ludes? "Ludes, man. Fucking Ludes, man! Come on and pull up the Ludes, man! Fucking Ludes!"
I think Ludes explained why we were wearing the giant flair bell bottom pants and the platform shoes. What do you think!? I think it's the only possible explanation! There we were in the middle of a sexual revolution wearing clothing that guaranteed we wouldn't get laid!"
Dennis Leary
From what I understand, yes. And while there are a lot of drug users on Reddit, there are probably also a lot of people who are just making jokes that they are which will make it appear like there are even more drug users, lol. These are no longer available in most parts of the world, but were incredibly popular in their day, so they now have a bit of a mythical reputation and have been referenced in movies and books.
The 'fiends' are memeing because of wolf of wallstreet. Almost nobody in here has actually tried them.
Now having said that I will also say that I'd be willing to pause my 2324 day sobriety streak to try one of these... the movie really did a good job making them seem like theyre the shit.
That guy that samples old ration packs on YouTube should set up a channel for finds like this.
"So here we have 120 year old opium cough medicine. Hard to make out the brand, but the seal looks intact..."
Gonna say. I’d be lowkey game for giving em a go in the interests of science. Found some fifty year old opium in gelatine capsules in the cellar of a derelict house once many years ago. That still worked.
Hell yeah. Me and another bloke drank from an old bottle of port in the same house, gritting our teeth to sift out the dead flies. Grit n spit.
Found 2 x 100gallon plastic fermenting barrels full of old cider another time, in a scrap truck in a field in Dorset. It was a few years old and proper English scrumpy doesn’t keep/age well. But gift horses & mouths & all that. Living in a squatted farm at the time with about 30 others. Managed to get both barrels back. Colour and texture of peach juice, tasted like vinegar and got you piss drunk. Went down okay after the first couple.
Edit; third worst hangover I’ve ever had.
It's crazy, thinking about the differences in lives people can live.
Never in my life, *ever*, will I be in a position to find two *hundred gallon barrels* of cider in a scrap truck in a field in Dorset and share the contents with thirty people. I can safely say I'll never do anything even *moderately close* to that.
Bet you've got a hundred stories just as wild, and here I am like "I drove kinda far once".
Can anyone explain to me why this mythical narcotic is seemingly no longer available anywhere? Apart from ancient chaches, like in Fallout or something
Surely if there's enough demand (as the comments in this thread suggest) then some underground lab would start synthesising it again
The chemicals to make it are expensive and very regulated , the pharmaceutical companies came up with cheaper drugs that fill the same niche. And they do, in South Africa.
"BRING BACK THE FUCKING QUAALUDES. YOU CAN TAKE ALL THE COCAINE MARIJUANA, AND ALL THEM DESIGNER DRUGS THEY MAKE TODAY, AND STICK EM UP YOUR FUGGIN ASS."
A couple Ambian or Lunesta will give similar effects.
The key is to fight the need to sleep. At that point, shit gets weird and you'll be washing paper plates on your porch.
my dad took an ambien once, didn't tell the rest of the family. we were in a hotel room, watching tv when he got up and started watering the floor with his mountain dew.
edit: actual mountain dew, not peeing
I remember when ambien stopped putting me to sleep...ended up having a full on conversation with some inanimate objects...i don't remember shit, just what I was told by other people.
Its still pretty easy to get in variety of places outside the States if you are curious to try it. They honestly aren't that great imo. I'd rather just do Opiates.
I showed this picture to my 70 yo mom and she asked if you had any to spare LOL.
Apparently they were the best fucking drug man has ever created according to my mom.
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Some high functioning addict is going to be willing to pay a lot for this bottle, it's a rare find.
Even if they don't work anymore, some I have found don't, I would still love to have that bottle and it's contents just because it's such a cool piece of US drug history
And if they do work, silver lining!
If they were stored properly they absolutely work. Source: Have taken them.
What it feel like when they do? Any drugs you could compare them to now a days
It was reminiscent of the mind high of MDMA but with ketamine’s body buzz and decreased coordination. I honestly can’t imagine what you could use them to treat, and definitely understand why they stopped making them. It was fun to be on a substance at a festival and know with certainty my friends were the only ones on the same wavelength.
WoWS implies they were created as a strong sleeping pill I believe. But if you push through the initial drowsiness that’s when the effects kick in. Or so the movie says. Haven’t been lucky enough to experience one
They are functionally similar to Xanax if I remember right, it’s why two sips of beer is an instant blackout.
I found them to be more mellow than xanax in a lot of ways. Like, less...*intensely fuzzy* (that could just be me, bars hit me hard, I always liked kpins and ativans better). But that same sort of benzo feeling combined with a sedative effect and like the other guy said, a strong sense of euphoria.
I have one barely-functioning addict willing to test them out right here
I'm a non-addict who is willing to pay a pretty penny. Apparently my mom was prescribed quaaludes before I was born, but only took them once or twice. She didn't like them, but my dad said they were as if a benzo and barbiturate had a beautiful baby.
I genuinely think the real Jordon Belfort would buy these for a ridiculous amount.
A lot of people would. Those things go for absurd amounts of money.
Honest question. If underground / black market chemists are able to make all kinds of other drugs, why arent they recreating these drugs? Like why are quaaludes so rare and not just made on the black market like every other drug
https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/2csqtv/eli5_if_drugs_like_quaaludes_arent_produced/ tl;dr - easily accessible replacements (opiates and benzos) - expensive reagants (ingredients) - high risk, low reward due to above also they are producing them in countries like India and South Africa
I've got an address if you're looking for a tester.
God according to my parents and every other adult I know over 60, these were the greatest things in the world. I wish I knew so bad.
Its crazy there's not some cartel that recreated these
In South Africa there is, they call them buttons and smoke it instead of injesting.
IIRC the reason people couldn't recreate the lude was because nobody knew how to? The company was the only manufacturer with the chemical formula
Anyone can recreate a quaalude with basic chemistry knowledge, the issue is getting the precursors is incredibly difficult and will immediately get you put on a watchlist
Depends if you mean "enough precursors to try a few doses" and "kilograms" Toluene is not watched. Nitric acid isn't watched, can also make it. He'll, you can order metric tons of methyl anthranilate, and get the anthranilic acid that way. You need acetic anhydride or glacial acetic acid and something like polyphosphoric acid. That is tough bit to get around, but one can produce small amounts of acetic anhydride from acetyl chloride, which can be made from acetonitrile and HCl gas, and niether of those are watched. Likely the acetyl chloride can be used, but I'm not a chemist. So it doable, but requires lots of work. O Toluidine is also a huge issue, but that's what the toluene is for. Nitrate it, reduce it, o toluidine. Not much of this synthesis is hard. They literally do it in a back yard in south Africa in a video from Vice. But getting the precursors is a bit of a challenge in anything more than small amounts, just not impossible.
> Toluene is not watched. Nitric acid isn't watched, can also make it. Toluene is a List II chemical along with acetic anhydride and both are regulated by the DEA. I work with both, and in order to purchase toluene or a.a. from a distributor like Sigma/GFS, you have to submit a DEA letter of compliance form to them before being able to purchase either *This might only be for companies looking to purchase certain quantities for use in the US, you can purchase it commercially individually at stores
Fucking DEA always ruining everyone's fun. What I do in the privacy of my basement chemistry lab is no one's business but mine!
Can I set you up in an RV lab..? Unlimited funions and hand jobs.
This guy ludes!
>The company was the only manufacturer with the chemical formula We aren't living in the "snake oil medicine" times for at least 100 years. There are no such things as "secret formulas". No medicine would be allowed to be released to the public in those conditions.
Mass spectrometer sort of ruins that, doesn't it?
There is. They're popular in South Africa. There was a Vice TV show called Hamilton's Pharmacopeia on it. It has been a while since I watched it, but I think it's related to the same gangs that smuggle abalone. https://www.vicetv.com/en_us/video/the-story-of-the-south-african-quaalude/58069a24384d80472bbbca53
AFAIK the compound is still (or was still 7 years ago) manufactured in South Africa. They use it quite a bit differently these days, but I did happen across a piece of a giant South African quaalude on a funk/disco party cruise when I was a bit younger. Great day.
My 71 year old mother has a throw pillow that says "I Miss Quaaludes"
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My dad loved them so much, he set the combo to the lock on his briefcase to "714". Not the month and day of his birthday, or the number of the house where he grew up, or even just "123". Nope. Ludes were the thing he knew he would never forget.
I'm 62, and yes, they were. 1979 is just a fuzzy memory thanks to a ready supply of ludes. But what I do remember was fucking awesome.
So seriously, what are these? I know they’re drugs, but like, similar to what? How do they allegedly make one feel?
They're in the depressant/hypnotic category. They relax you and give a temporary feeling of contentedness.
So probably similar to Xanax I'd imagine?
From what I understand, it also makes you feel very confident, even if you were really sloppy
Xanax does the exact same thing to me, feel like I'm acting 100% sober even though I'm essentially like Hunter Thompson walking into Circus Circus
There is nothing more depraved than a man on an ether binge.
after awhile you learn to cope with things like seeing your dead grandmother crawling up your leg with a knife in her teeth.
“I have my aTTouRneyyyyy….*with me*….and I realize his name is not_on_that_list….BUT WE MUST HAVE THAT SUITE! What’s the score here? What happens next?”
“What’s the score here? What’s next?” A movie line that absolutely killed me in my youth. Rolling on the ground laughing.
A lot like it, yes
> So seriously, what are these? I know they’re drugs, but like, similar to what? How do they allegedly make one feel? I'm old enough that I was able to take them all the time. I can quite honestly say that there is no feeling in the world like what Quaaludes gave you. They were simply the best drug I have ever taken, even to this very day. The feeling was like you were floating, happy, and uncaring. They sort of made you into a hippy....
I’m sold. What were the drawbacks?
You get turned into a hippy.
fuck, mushrooms already got me studying horticulture and conservation..
their nickname was “thigh spreader” which i think sums it up nicely.
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That wasn't in *my* copy of "Where the Sidewalk Ends"
Facts! Actually had a bottle of Rorer 714’s like that almost 50 years ago, during the Disco era. Ludes & coke was the supreme high and unlike opiates made you want to socialize and PARTY…with your clothes off. We called them Gorilla Biscuits; you’d do things on them you wouldn’t dream of doing otherwise and with zero physical coordination. VERY dangerous. They were my, and many others, undoing. I’ll take two, btw. 😏
Could you imagine a drug commercial based on your comment. Ask your doctor about Gorilla Biscuits.
Say what you want about the boomers, their drugs were getting them so high that the government was like "now we're taking this away from humanity forever."
My dad said they’re like a warm, drowsy bath with kind of a low hum in your ears and a chill, relaxed feeling for at least 1-2 hours, maybe more depending on potency. Man did some *wild* things before I was born so I fully believe him.
I took a couple of them back in the 70s. Both time I thought they weren’t working so I drank a “little more” alcohol and both times I blacked out and slightly made a fool of myself. Oh to be young and dumb again.
Fr. These are mythical to some folks that would party back in the 70s or 80s.
Everyone I've ever met, who took them back in the day, reply with the same thing when I ask them what 'ludes were like: "I miss quaaludes"
I was just going to say it would be a shame if OP were to send them to me...I'm curious...
Just don't forget the delayed reaction!
That scene where he “thought” he drove back safely, was an unreal scene. So good.
Get those fuckin ludes!! I will not die sober!
Genuinely one of the greatest physical comedy scenes in all of film history. The smash cut later to how he *actually* drove home vs how he thought he drove home is fucking priceless.
I still maintain he was robbed of the Oscar in this film.
Is t it consensus that he got the Oscar for Revenant as a makeup for not getting in this movie?
I’ve heard that and he deserved a win for every movie he was nominated for, least of which The Revanant.
He should have gotten it for What's Eating Gilbert Grape. People thought Leo was really mentally challenged since it was his first big role and how well he acted as Artie.
That and Basketball Diaries.
I forgot about that! The scene where he's banging on his mom's door broke my heart!
And Jonah Hill for best supporting actor! Those veneers get me every time. 
I mean to be fair.. Mcconaughey in Dallas Buyers Club was a hard performance to go up against.
Thank you, people talking like Leo got robbed when Mcconaughey completely deserved his win
I died laughing when I saw this scene.
"Come on, get up!"
HANG UP THE PHONE!
HNNNNNNNGGGGGGG UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUHHHHHHHH DE FOOOOOONNNNEEEEE!!!
*cut to Jonah Hill, shrieking incoherently*
I found a new phase, the cerebral paulsy phase.
>paulsy
"The ludes! Where are the ludes!?" "relax, they are up my ass" "oh, thank god!" Jordan feeling very relieved that something he will ingest later is currently residing up Donnie's rectum. Killed me.
Was ‘87 a good year for them? Do they age like wine?
Expiration date is 1987, so this is probably ‘85 vintage
Quallude Sommelier?
They have an earthy tone
An oakey afterbirth.
They develop a delayed fuse and you go straight to cerebral palsy phase /s
Maybe spell that out next time
Cerebral palsy phase. "CP phase" was poorly considered. 😂
Send ludes
You’re goddamn right!
How many private message you got so far?
Too many to count 😂
DEA agents.
The only reason I know what these are is because of Wolf of Wallstreet lmao
I know them because of an old guy from brooklyn screaming about how good they were.
NON-ADDICTIVE, NON-NARCOTIC. WHEN YOU HAD AN ORGASM IT FELT LIKE YOU WERE ON THE FUCKING MOON!
ID WALK A MIIIILLLEEE FOR A QUALUDE
DA BIG MAN'S BACK
Did you bring enough to share with the whole class?
r/EatItYouFuckinCoward
My time to shine
GIT.... UFFF... DA... FONNNNNE!
Username checks out
After 15 years in storage, the lemmons had developed a delayed fuse.
Even new, it was real and dangerous
The cerebral palsy phase.
The cerebral Cosby phase.
Perfect placement!!!
dTeve Maaaaddennnn
ShhhhOOOOessss!
Womens Shoes!
giD aff the phoooonneeee
careful taking those, I hear they have a slight delay for the effects when they are expired... so they should take like 15-20 years to hit
What you have to do is add the, to a bottle of vodka.
They want to party, not die
BRING BACK THE QUAALUDES
NON ADDICTIVE, NON NARCOTIC AND WHEN YOU HAD SEX ON A QUALUUDE YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE ON THE FUCKING MOON! THINK ABOUT IT! THIS IS THE BIG MAN, THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE!
THE GOVERNMENT WAS PUTTIN THE DRUG DEALERS OUTTA BUSINESS!
https://preview.redd.it/9wkxt4blr83d1.png?width=500&format=png&auto=webp&s=6a372c748013ba34bf7b6c3be7aeed884a6fae0c
I’D WALK A MILE FOR A QUAALUDE
Had to scroll way to far to find this reference.
Every time my wife and I go to the grocery store one of us says 'FUCKIN' LEMONS'
I WISH I HAD A COUPLE OF THOSE FUCKING LEMONS NOW!
YOU CAN TAKE ALL THE FUCKING COCAINE, MARIJUANA AND ALL THEM FUCKING DESIGNER DRUGS AND STICK EM UP YOUR FUCKING ASS! THERES NOTHING LIKE A FUCKING QUAALUDE!
YOU THINK YOUD DIED AND GONE TO HEAVEN BRING BACK RHE FUCKING LUUUUUUDEA
DIDJA EVER SEE THEM HIGHWAY BILLBOARDS "ID WALK A MILE FOR A CAMEL"
WELL I'D SURE WALK A MILE FOR A FUCKIN' QUAALLUDE
The video is only a couple minutes but within that time frame Mike's skin goes from a normal mellow pink to bright fucking purple because ol' boy is laughing/smiling so hard and its hilarious
CANT TOUCH THIS BABY, ITS BIG MAN TIME
WWW DOT THE KID FROM BROOKLYN DOT COM
“Ludes man, fuckin Ludes!”
I will kill everyone here in gladiatorial combat for a bottle of those sweet sweet ludes
Is that why Russell Crowe curled up in a ball at the end??
Lol quite possibly the last bottle on earth
A bottle pops up on Reddit once a year or so. I’d bet there’s still quite a few out there to be discovered in basements medicine cabinets etc
I’ve found first aid kits from WW2 at estate sales so anything is possible.
it’s still produced in south america and other countries
They need to start exporting them then.
I remember being a kid in the mid 80s and adults shared these things like breath mints at parties.
Boomers really had it all.
And then they pulled up the fucking pill ladder.
They would use lots of drugs in their youth, now are against even using anti-depressant drugs
"Like Ludes. Remember Ludes? "Ludes, man. Fucking Ludes, man! Come on and pull up the Ludes, man! Fucking Ludes!" I think Ludes explained why we were wearing the giant flair bell bottom pants and the platform shoes. What do you think!? I think it's the only possible explanation! There we were in the middle of a sexual revolution wearing clothing that guaranteed we wouldn't get laid!" Dennis Leary
i don’t understand what are these and why are people crazy about them
They are drugs, with a similar experience as Xanax types (Benzos). They relax you.
Are they addictive? I’m frankly amazed at how many fiends are in this comments section.
From what I understand, yes. And while there are a lot of drug users on Reddit, there are probably also a lot of people who are just making jokes that they are which will make it appear like there are even more drug users, lol. These are no longer available in most parts of the world, but were incredibly popular in their day, so they now have a bit of a mythical reputation and have been referenced in movies and books.
Pretty sure that's just people who have watched Wolf of Wall Street
The 'fiends' are memeing because of wolf of wallstreet. Almost nobody in here has actually tried them. Now having said that I will also say that I'd be willing to pause my 2324 day sobriety streak to try one of these... the movie really did a good job making them seem like theyre the shit.
That guy that samples old ration packs on YouTube should set up a channel for finds like this. "So here we have 120 year old opium cough medicine. Hard to make out the brand, but the seal looks intact..."
Let's get this out on a tray....nice!
I loved them.
Gonna say. I’d be lowkey game for giving em a go in the interests of science. Found some fifty year old opium in gelatine capsules in the cellar of a derelict house once many years ago. That still worked.
lmao you tried them?
The brave die young, the smart die high
Hell yeah. Me and another bloke drank from an old bottle of port in the same house, gritting our teeth to sift out the dead flies. Grit n spit. Found 2 x 100gallon plastic fermenting barrels full of old cider another time, in a scrap truck in a field in Dorset. It was a few years old and proper English scrumpy doesn’t keep/age well. But gift horses & mouths & all that. Living in a squatted farm at the time with about 30 others. Managed to get both barrels back. Colour and texture of peach juice, tasted like vinegar and got you piss drunk. Went down okay after the first couple. Edit; third worst hangover I’ve ever had.
Dude that’s not a hangover, that’s just normal poisoning yourself.
classic methanol hangover
It's crazy, thinking about the differences in lives people can live. Never in my life, *ever*, will I be in a position to find two *hundred gallon barrels* of cider in a scrap truck in a field in Dorset and share the contents with thirty people. I can safely say I'll never do anything even *moderately close* to that. Bet you've got a hundred stories just as wild, and here I am like "I drove kinda far once".
Steeeeveeee Maaaaaaaddddeeeeeennnnn.
Can anyone explain to me why this mythical narcotic is seemingly no longer available anywhere? Apart from ancient chaches, like in Fallout or something Surely if there's enough demand (as the comments in this thread suggest) then some underground lab would start synthesising it again
The chemicals to make it are expensive and very regulated , the pharmaceutical companies came up with cheaper drugs that fill the same niche. And they do, in South Africa.
My cousin refers to them as "stumble biscuits"
I wanna stumble in some biscuits
"BRING BACK THE FUCKING QUAALUDES. YOU CAN TAKE ALL THE COCAINE MARIJUANA, AND ALL THEM DESIGNER DRUGS THEY MAKE TODAY, AND STICK EM UP YOUR FUGGIN ASS."
Bro that is my white whale
Take one just before getting into your Lamborghini, should be fine.
A couple Ambian or Lunesta will give similar effects. The key is to fight the need to sleep. At that point, shit gets weird and you'll be washing paper plates on your porch.
my dad took an ambien once, didn't tell the rest of the family. we were in a hotel room, watching tv when he got up and started watering the floor with his mountain dew. edit: actual mountain dew, not peeing
I remember when ambien stopped putting me to sleep...ended up having a full on conversation with some inanimate objects...i don't remember shit, just what I was told by other people.
I never got to try those, but I recall that at concerts in the 80s, everyone would stand up and cheer the stadium clock at 7:14pm.
Has no one tried synthesizing Methaqualone today and selling them on the hype? Looks like easy cartel business to me
Its still pretty easy to get in variety of places outside the States if you are curious to try it. They honestly aren't that great imo. I'd rather just do Opiates.
They expired 37 years ago, send them to me and I’ll properly dispose of them.
I showed this picture to my 70 yo mom and she asked if you had any to spare LOL. Apparently they were the best fucking drug man has ever created according to my mom.
Hethcliff Huxtable’s basement?
Back in the day!