Word: chloral
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Mickey Finn ploy? Yes, but the visitor had fallen victim to a new and dangerous twist. In the past two years, New York hustlers have drugged scores of affluent-looking men (and a few women) not with the usual chloral hydrate-a sedative that simply makes a person drunk more quickly-but with scopolamine. This nervous-system depressant is normally used as a preoperative drug. It is also an ingredient in some prescription eye drops...