mandrax

English

Noun

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 .