[Promotional Vinyl Record]: Sleep Rest Now. Play Later. Here's How: Parest-400 (methaqualone HCI)

Detroit, Michigan: Parke-Davis / Columbia Special Products, [1970].

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Unbound. 7" vinyl record in printed folding sleeve. Four page (one leaf folded) pamphlet of drug specifications laid in. Small scuff on front of sleeve and a couple of very light scratches on record, overall about fine. An unintentionally humorous promotional recording for Quaaludes, with a front cover illustration of a woman in bed resting using the drug and describing the "sedative-hypnotic-dependendable-well tolerated," juxtaposed with her and others "ready for physical activity" skiing, archery, golf, and in one illustration "mom dancing." For a time in the early to mid-1970s, Quaaludes were the recreational drug of choice, the soporific effects of the pill combined with resultant relaxed sexual inhibitions made them the precursor to club drugs such as ecstasy.

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Item #384120 [Promotional Vinyl Record]: Sleep Rest Now. Play Later. Here's How: Parest-400 (methaqualone HCI)