Editing Tuinal (section)

==Abuse==
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Tuinal saw widespread abuse as a [[recreational drug]] from the 1960s through the 1980s. The pill was known colloquially under the street names "tuies", "tumies", "double trouble", "blue tips", " F-66's" (which were the markings on Lilly's capsule), "rainbows", "beans", "nawls" and "jeebs".<ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2006 |title=UXL Encyclopedia of Drugs and Addictive Substances |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX3448100018/GVRL?u=rock21695&sid=bookmark-GVRL&xid=a0a2a958 |access-date=November 4, 2022 |location=Detroit, MI |publisher=Gale eBooks |page=99 |isbn=9781414404448 | veditors = Bigelow BC }}</ref> It came in the form of bullet-shaped capsules, half-reddish orange and half-turquoise blue. Like other barbiturate [[depressant]]s, Tuinal promotes physical and psychological [[chemical dependency|dependency]] beginning after one week of regular use and carries a high risk of [[overdose]].<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Evans JI, Lewis SA, Gibb IA, Cheetham M | title = Sleep and birbiturates: some experiments and observations | journal = British Medical Journal | volume = 4 | issue = 5626 | pages = 291–293 | date = November 1968 | pmid = 4301261 | pmc = 1912258 | doi = 10.1136/bmj.4.5626.291 }}</ref> It was reported in the 1980s as one of the most common ways of [[self-poisoning]].<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Ray JE, Reilly DK, Day RO | title = Drugs involved in self-poisoning: verification by toxicological analysis | journal = The Medical Journal of Australia | volume = 144 | issue = 9 | pages = 455–457 | date = April 1986 | doi = 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1986.tb101047.x | pmid = 2871482 | s2cid = 24568454 | url = https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2871482 }}</ref> Abuse of this particular drug tapered off after it was discontinued by manufacturers in the late 1990s.

Tuinal is classified as a Schedule II drug under the [[Controlled Substances Act]] in the United States, meaning it requires a prescription from a licensed practitioner.