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laudanum 

From the book The House of The Scorpion. A drug containing alcohol and opium. The opium being dissolved in the alcohol. Three drops of the laudanum can knock a human out for eight hours.
I got high off dat laudanum the other day.
laudanum by Vegeoku May 6, 2004
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Laudanum 

A drug that started out as a "Cure-all", drug for the poor, who in the pre-20th century era were too uneducated and ignorant to understand that there was no such thing as a cure-all. Many died from overdosing because warning labels and instructions often didn't come with a bottle, it was made illegal in the US by about 1900. It had no real healing power, although it was one of the first widely accepted placeabos used.
A dangerous drug that doesn't appear to be in wide circulation anymore.
Laudanum by Japanadan October 11, 2004
An alternative, less prosaic, and more amusing name for methamphetamine instead of crack. First originated in The Craigie tavern circa 2012.
I started on the old booze a bit too early this grand final morning. I had better get Balkwacker to bring me a wee line of laudanum quick smart.
Laudanum by No1Smiddy September 24, 2026

Laudanum effect 

The state acquired by ingesting opiates in accompaniment with alcohol. Opium and Absinthe are the most desirable substances for use in this combination, as they are most redolent of true Laudanum, a compound of a wide spectrum of opium alkaloids and alcohol once used to treat various medical afflictions, and the time period in which the elixir was common.
Drug addict: I need a serious fix.

Dr. Feelgood: Combine 16 ounces of wormwood-distilled Absinthe with two ounces of dissolved opium, mix until homogenous, and quaff liberally until the desired effects are achieved.

Drug addict: So basically you're telling me to get some tar and a bottle of green fairy and get a nice Laudanum effect?

Dr. Feelgood: Yeah, more or less.
Laudanum effect by Snowflake 2.0 August 5, 2012

laudanem 

opium prepared in the spirit of wine
mmm mmm mmm laudamen
laudanem by differenciate May 13, 2005
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