Rio Fantastic
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They were so popular in the 60s and 70s, what happened to them? Why are they unheard of now?
I guess they got taken over by barbs, which in turn got taken over by benzos
Maybe it was methylmethaqualone , but I'm pretty sure it wasn't
This was from a source that had all kinds of illegal stuff
Like Ketamine and Rophenol
The guys name escapes me. I'll look it up later on.
The guys name is Gene Haislip. In the early 80s as assisitant deputy director for the DEA Hairlip initiated a program of attacking the global trade in methaqualone. It was determined that at the time the majority of quaalude pills on the scene in the US were bootlegs pressed in Columbia from real methaqualone powder. Bulk methaqualone was being exported to Colombia by legitimate pharmaceutical concerns that were aparently unaware of its illicit use. The DEA had success, first with a factory in Hungary, and then other countries including West Germany and the PRC. When legitimate sources of methaqualone dried up, the supply of ludes on the streets of America vanished, presumably because the cartels didn't have the capability, technical and otherwise, to make the drug themselves. Tried to do this with pseudo but not as successful. The traitor no longer works for the DEA, if I'm not mistaken, but as a private consultant.
Good to hear he has moved on.