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What Is Mandrax? Inside South Africa’s Methaqualone Problem

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Mandrax is the South African street name for tablets containing methaqualone, a sedative drug banned internationally in the 1970s but still produced in clandestine laboratories around the country. The drug acts as a central nervous system depressant.  It slows breathing and dulls consciousness to a level that can cause respiratory failure, especially when combined with […]

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