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purple heart
noun- a capsule of phenobarbital (trade name Luminal), a central nervous system depressant US
- — Donald Louria, Nightmare Drugs, p. 25, 1966
- [F]or five shillings you can buy enough pills–"purple hearts,” “depth bombs” and other lovelies of the pharmacalogical arts. — Tom Wolfe, The Pump House Gang, p. 81, 1968
- a tablet of amphetamine Drinamyl used as a recreational drug US
From the lilac colour of the pill; playing on the US military decoration awarded to any member of the armed forces wounded by the enemy. Also shortened to “heart” or “purple”. - [W]e’d take a taxi back to her gaff and I’d have a heart and pop off to Winston’s. — Derek Raymond (Robin Cook), The Crust on its Uppers, p. 33, 1962
- [In the 1980s] Mod revivalists, the [Purple Hearts] took their name from a drug much favoured by followers of the in 1960s youth cult. — Simon Warner, Rockspeak!, p. 54, 1996
- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 21, 1996
- I started finding out about Purple Hearts. At sixpence each, some of these kids were taking 80 or 90 a weekend and having amphetamine psychosis. — Simon Napier-Bell, Black Vinyl White Powder, p. 43, 2001
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