Editing Methaqualone (section)

=== Chemical weapon – Project Coast ===
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Illegal efforts to weaponize methaqualone have occurred. During the 1980s, the [[apartheid]] regime in South Africa ordered the covert manufacture of a large amount of methaqualone at the [[Front organization|front company]] [[Delta G Scientific Company]], as part of a secret [[chemical weapon]]s program known as [[Project Coast]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Project Coast: Apartheid's Chemical and Biological Warfare Program |url=https://unidir.org/sites/default/files/publication/pdfs//project-coast-apartheid-s-chemical-and-biological-warfare-programme-296.pdf |publisher=United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) |location=Geneva, Switzerland}}</ref> Methaqualone was given the codename ''MosRefCat'' (Mossgas Refinery Catalyst). Details of this activity came to light during the 1998 hearings of the post-apartheid [[Truth and Reconciliation Commission (South Africa)|Truth and Reconciliation Commission]].