Mandrax (pronounced "mandrakes" and often misspelled as such) is the name of a particular quaalude (or "downer") tablet that was first manufactured in Britain during the late 60s and early 70s. Its active ingredient is Methaqualone, which is chemically and functionally related to barbiturates. Street names for Mandrakes include "mandies," "buttons," "MX," and "white pipe." Mandrax tablets were initially a controlled substance prescribed as a sleeping aid but were pulled off the market and banned because of their extremely high dependancy (addiction) rate.
Though legal production of Mandrax ceased long ago, it is still illegally manufactured in many African and south Asian countries and is fighting a losing battle with crack cocaine on the African drug market. Mandrax tablets were designed to be taken orally but current trends in abuse involve grinding the tablets into powder and snorting them, or more commonly grinding the tablets and mixing them with Dagga before smoking it inside a specialized Dagga pipe (hence the nickname "white pipe"). When taken orally, Mandrax is almost always abused in conjunction with alcohol which serves to magnify the euphoric effects.
Side effects of Mandrax are similar to those of the common anti-depressant--cramps, insomnia, headaches, emotional instability, and so forth, with the added effects of toxin-induced psychosis as well as loss of muscle control.
The United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has classified Mandrax as a Schedule I drug due to the fact that it contains Methaqualone. Schedule I drugs are illegal to possess without a license in the United States because of the potential for abuse and/or addiction.
Though legal production of Mandrax ceased long ago, it is still illegally manufactured in many African and south Asian countries and is fighting a losing battle with crack cocaine on the African drug market. Mandrax tablets were designed to be taken orally but current trends in abuse involve grinding the tablets into powder and snorting them, or more commonly grinding the tablets and mixing them with Dagga before smoking it inside a specialized Dagga pipe (hence the nickname "white pipe"). When taken orally, Mandrax is almost always abused in conjunction with alcohol which serves to magnify the euphoric effects.
Side effects of Mandrax are similar to those of the common anti-depressant--cramps, insomnia, headaches, emotional instability, and so forth, with the added effects of toxin-induced psychosis as well as loss of muscle control.
The United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has classified Mandrax as a Schedule I drug due to the fact that it contains Methaqualone. Schedule I drugs are illegal to possess without a license in the United States because of the potential for abuse and/or addiction.
by Siegfried Zaga May 23, 2005
Get the Mandraxmug. by Siegfried Zaga May 23, 2005
Get the mandrakesmug. Term used to describe people who don't particularly care who gets them off, so long as it happens as often as possible.
by Siegfried Zaga May 26, 2005
Get the bisexualmug. (adj.)
To describe something as "fabulous" in a way that mocks homosexuals.
The term is used often in Bret Easton Ellis' novel "Glamorama."
To describe something as "fabulous" in a way that mocks homosexuals.
The term is used often in Bret Easton Ellis' novel "Glamorama."
by Siegfried Zaga May 24, 2005
Get the Fagulousmug. by Siegfried Zaga May 23, 2005
Get the buttonsmug. War cry declared right before collision with an object. Similar to "cowabunga," "oh shit" and that George of the Jungle yell which-I'll-be-damned-if-I-can-spell-out.
The term was made famous on the internet by a photoshopped Spider-Man comic strip in which our hero mistakes an overturned truck for his long-term arch-nemesis and proceeds to assault the truck by rope-swinging straight into the side of it.
The term was made famous on the internet by a photoshopped Spider-Man comic strip in which our hero mistakes an overturned truck for his long-term arch-nemesis and proceeds to assault the truck by rope-swinging straight into the side of it.
Spidey: "My doctor's retarded. I don't have a brain tumor...say, if it isn't my old arch-nemesis, a truck!"
Narr: SPIDER-MAN GIVES CHASE!
(Spider-Man swings down toward the truck)
Spidey: "Fappo!"
(Spider-Man collides with truck)
Narr: SPIDER-MAN GIVES CHASE!
(Spider-Man swings down toward the truck)
Spidey: "Fappo!"
(Spider-Man collides with truck)
by Siegfried Zaga May 22, 2005
Get the fappomug. The Deftones make a reference to Mandrax with the name of their song 'MX' on the 'White Pony' album.
by Siegfried Zaga May 23, 2005
Get the MXmug.