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MANDRAX PAGE |
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Street Names |
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mandies / mx / buttons / whites etc. |
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| Behaviour |
| central nervous system,
sedative-hypnotic |
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MANDRAX was first produced in the mid 1960s
and is a very highly addictive drug. It was banned in 1977,
but is still available as an illegal substance. It is also
known by its active ingredient, which is methaqualone
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Sadly, South Africa is the largest Mandrax abuser worldwide, and is used locally in a crushed form which is
mixed with dagga and smoked
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APPEARANCE |
Rarely available in powder form. The
original Mandrax was a smooth white powder pressed into smooth,
firm, round tablets. Today Mandrax is available in a
variety of colours and designs depending on what is mixed with the drug
and who manufactures it
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PRESENTATION |
Available mostly as a small white tablet, sold
in small plastic bags, but colours can differ to pink, purple and
even black
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EFFECT |
Most people crush the tablets, mix them with dagga and smoke them
in a pipe or bottleneck. This is called a
"white pipe". The symptoms of Mandrax use last for
several hours
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The person may lose his or her appetite and have a dry mouth.
Often he/she slurred or mumbled speech. The person may stumble or
stagger because he or she feels weak and numb
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Sometimes stomach pain, nausea and vomiting occur. A person who
is drugged from Mandrax will usually have red, glazed or puffy
eyes as a result of the dagga mixed with the Mandrax |
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LSD |
 Methamphetamine
(TIK) |
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