mandrax

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mandrax (uncountable)

  1. (informal) Methaqualone, especially when used as a recreational drug.
    • 2007, Sean Exner Baumann, Primary Health Care Psychiatry: A Practical Guide for Southern Africa:
      Illegally produced mandrax can be found in various different shapes and colours.
    • 2021 January 8, Riyaz Patel, “Burning Mandrax ‘white pipe’ fuelling criminal networks in South Africa”, in The South African[1]:
      Large quantities of bags filled with chemicals and powders used to manufacture mandrax and heroin were found inside one of the bedrooms in the luxury Ballito Bay estate in KZN .