Happy 714 Day, a Personal Story

Nancy Levine Stearns
2 min readJul 14, 2021

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I just found out today is known in some circles as “714 Day,” referring to the imprint on pharmaceutical Quaaludes (methaqualone) manufactured in the 1970s and early 80s by Lemmon and Rorer drug companies.

When I was a senior in college, Federal drug enforcement agents came to my flat in Albany, New York, where I was living off-campus with roommates.

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Nancy Levine Stearns

Journalist, former executive recruiter, author, The Tao of Pug book series (Penguin/Skyhorse). Freelance writer, Sports Illustrated, Salon, AlterNet, etc.