Halcion

[ hal-see-on ]

Trademark.

1. a benzodiazepine, used as a sleeping drug and as an anxiolytic.

Example Sentences

In the end, John Goodrich pleaded guilty to distribution of a controlled substance, Halcion, and a judge sentenced him to 90 days in jail and three years of probation.

From Seattle Times

My wife had trouble falling asleep, and she was prescribed Halcion.

From Seattle Times

Stone took anything and everything over the course of his life: peyote, quaaludes, smack, Ritalin, Halcion, benzodiazepines.

From New York Times

He also became addicted to the sedative Halcion.

From New York Times

In what he described as two years of his “own private hell,” he also had to overcome an addiction to the prescription sleep aid Halcion.

From Los Angeles Times