What drug is Mellow Yellow? Decoding the Multiple Meanings of a Street Name
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While famously associated with a 1960s song, the street name "Mellow Yellow" refers to more than one substance, most commonly the prescription muscle relaxant cyclobenzaprine (brand name Flexeril) or the potent hallucinogen LSD. Adding to the confusion, the term is also linked to a debunked myth about smoking banana peels.
