Related Terms. 1  annual gross income. 2  exclusion ratio. 3  gift tax. 4  creditable coverage. 5  annual exclusion. 6  mutually exclusive investment decisions. 7  foreign housing exclusion. 8  mutual exclusion doctrine. 9  low exercise price option (LEPO). 10  foreign earned income exclusion.
Methaqualone was first synthesized in India in 1955 by scientists trying to find a cure for malaria. The drug was ineffective against the disease, but not as a central nervous system depressant â and if a user could resist its sedative effects, a user could get high.
What are Quaaludes? Methaqualone, or brand name Quaalude, is a central nervous system depressant that acts as a sedative and hypnotic. Hypnotics are drugs that induce sleep. Methaqualoneâs sedative quality was first noted in the 1950s and researchers found it could fight malaria, but it wasnât patented until 1962.