dexedrine

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A brand name for dextroamphetamine.

   “I drank gin-and-hot-water to blunt the pain and took Dexedrine to blunt the gin and wrote the piece.”

   “[…]—and then all soaring on—what?—acid, peyote, morning-glory seeds, which were very hell to choke down, billions of bilious seeds mulching out into sodden dandelions in your belly, bloated—but soaring!—or IT-290, or dexedrine, benzedrine, methedrine— Speed!—or speed and grass—[…]”

   “Later I learned that the pills were Dexedrine, which Elvis had first discovered in the Army. A sergeant had given several men pills to help them stay awake while on guard duty.”