# What was the number on the Quaalude pill?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 16, 2005, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-number-on-the-quaalude-pill/290389 "2005-02-16T18:35:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Minnie\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Minnie\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minnie_Luna)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2011, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-number-on-the-quaalude-pill/290389/22 "2011-05-19T19:28:30Z")

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The only reason I knew the answer was Rick James. He references quaaludes in his song “Superfreak” as his room number in the hotel.

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**Author:** ![The\_Conqueror\_Worm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@The\_Conqueror\_Worm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Conqueror_Worm)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2011, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-number-on-the-quaalude-pill/290389/23 "2011-05-19T23:29:12Z")

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> [@chappachula](#):
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> So it was just a sleeping pill?  
> Where’s the fun in going to sleep?
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> I missed out on the hippie Sixties—but I thought drugs were all about mind-bending, musical, colorful experiences. Not sleeping.  
> So can someone please explain to me why the Qualude was so popular?

Because they got you ripped to the tits. Trust me, there were plenty of downer freaks during the so called hippie era. They weren’t my drugs of choice, but downers were like getting uber drunk.

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**Author:** ![Shmendrik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Shmendrik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shmendrik)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2011, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-number-on-the-quaalude-pill/290389/24 "2011-05-19T23:37:50Z")

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> [@dbx820](#):
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> Damn, you beat me to it!

Yes he did… by six years.

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**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-number-on-the-quaalude-pill/290389/25 "2011-05-20T20:48:06Z")

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[For you diehard ‘lude fanatics](http://cgi.ebay.com/Quaalude-cup-mug-Quaaludes-qualude-qualudes-/280553673914?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item41524d54ba).

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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-number-on-the-quaalude-pill/290389/26 "2011-05-20T23:18:24Z")

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> [@Shmendrik](#):
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> Yes he did… by six years.

Put it down to delayed reaction time.

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what?

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**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-number-on-the-quaalude-pill/290389/27 "2011-05-21T04:01:32Z")

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And thus the powerful effects of Quaaludes become blindingly demonstrable.

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