Definition of "dexedrine"

dexedrine

noun
countable and uncountable, plural dexedrines
1. A brand name for dextroamphetamine.
  Quotations
  I drank gin-and-hot-water to blunt the pain and took Dexedrine to blunt the gin and wrote the piece.
  1968, Joan Didion, “A preface”, in Slouching Towards Bethlehem
  […] —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— […]
  1968, Tom Wolfe, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Bantam, published 1997, page 53
  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.
  1985, Priscilla Presley, Sandra Harmon, Elvis and Me, Putnam, page 52