Quote Originally Posted by Matt the Funk
downers probably qualudes...or w/e the fuck those were called, anyways this thread should be delted soon...
This thread is about a movie. If we're talking about these particular activities, then it's only in that context, and for historical accuracy.

Quaaludes were not technically "downers", but you definitely could go down and out, as in die, from them. They're muscle relaxants - very popular, but I do not think they were something Hunter Thompson was partial to. The short name for Quaaludes was usually just "ludes". Everybody in those days called Seconals "downs", or "Reds". There were others, but it's not necessary to name them. Thompson was more of a spaced-out type guy. His use of ups and downs was more utilitarian than pleasure-orientated.