Green’s Dictionary of Slang

a Mandrax or methaqualone tablet.

1969		Fabian & Byrne Groupie (1997) 78: He had in fact taken a Mandy, which is a sleeper, not a barbiturate, but strong nevertheless. I told him about the Mandy kick, that you’re supposed to fight off the initial sleepiness until you can groove on the feeling that floors have turned to cotton wool and your body to fluff. You zig-zag about bumping into things, and it’s all very hilarious.
1977		Ian Dury ‘Billericay Dickie’ 🎵 Another thing with Sandy what often came in handy, was passing her a mandy, she didn’t half go bandy.
1979		Frank Zappa ‘Flakes’ 🎵 Wanna buy some Mandies, Bob?
1994		D. Fallowell One Hot Summer in St Petersburg She went back into the kitchen to count her Mandy bottles.
1998		Indep. on Sun. 12 Oct. 13: The pill [was] marketed on the street...as ‘downers’ and known by the nickname ‘Mandies’.
2002		Fabian & Byrne Out of Time (ms.) 76: ‘Here,’ she said, and handed me a Smartie tube. I peeked inside, there were a couple of mandies and other goodies at the bottom.
2015		P. Doyle (con. 1969-1973) Big Whatever 26: A bottle of mandies — that Mandrax to you sticlers for accuracy or what the R&R blokes called Quaaludes.
2019		A. Parks February’s Son 72: Two different kinds of pills, black bombers and Mandies by the look of it.
2020		A. Parks Bobby March Will Live Forever 295: [He] still felt a bit woozy. Coke and mandies – not the best combination.