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Microgram: Latest updates from the DEA

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As this is such a worthy subject I think it deserves it's own thread. Not wishing to split nanobrains excellent discovery and the X-scores came from... and discussions on the subject, here is the latest offering from micrgram:

Microgram Journal Jan-June 2003 vol 1, no's 1-2

Contents:

->2003 Information and Instructions for Microgram Journal page 3

->Disclaimers page 7

->Osmolality - A Novel and Sensitive Tool for Detection of Tampering of Beverages Adulterated with Ethanol, ã-Butyrolactone, and 1,4-Butanediol, and for Detection of Dilution-Tampered Demerol Syringes; page 8,
James F. Wesley

->Psychotria Viridis –A Botanical Source of Dimethyltryptamine (DMT); page 18, Robert D. Blackledge and Charlotte M. Taylor

->Evaluation of Ninhydrin Analogues and Other Electron-Deficient Compounds as Spray Reagents for Drugs on Thin Layer Chromatograms; page 23, Myriam Azoury , Avraham Zelkowicz , Zafrir Goren , and Joseph Almog

->Instrumental Separation of 3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA) from 1-(3,4-Methylenedioxyphenyl)-2-propanol, a Co-Eluting Compound; Barbara A. Vohlken and Stephen M. Layton page 32

->Potency of Cannabis Seized in Central Florida During June 2002; page 37; Christina J. Newell

->A Study of Acids Used for the Acidified Cobalt Thiocyanate Test for Cocaine Base; Anna L. Deakin, page 40

->1,4-Butanediol (BD) - Forensic Profile ; Agnes D. Garcia and Allen J. Catterton, page 44

->Detection and Analysis of Drugs of Forensic Interest, 1992 - 2001; A Literature Review ; Robert F.X. Klein and Patrick A. Hays, Research Laboratory, Dulles, VA; page 55)
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there is some very interesting stuff on the DEA site indeed.
the osmolality information was particularly interesting.
given we now have testers capable of detecting adulterants in drinks, can anyone theorise on potential/hypothetical methods of approximating the purity of the substance? is there any possibillity for regular concentrate to exist in varying degrees of viscosity?

EDIT---> just found out how...
 
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Good shit, I especially found this line very pride inducing:
"Neither Salvia divinorum nor Salvinorin A is federally regulated in the United States or controlled in any other country except Australia, which adopted controlling legislation in 2002."

Wow, isn't it great that we are leaders of the pack at legislating a drug that we don't understand, and that has about as much addiction potential as nutmeg ;)
 
That Khat stuff looks interesting. Never knew it existed.

Khat typically is ingested by chewing the leaves--as is done with loose tobacco. Dried khat leaves can be brewed in tea or cooked and added to food. After ingesting khat, the user experiences an immediate increase in blood pressure and heart rate. Abusers claim that the drug lifts spirits, sharpens thinking, and increases energy--effects similar to but less intense than those caused by abusing cocaine or methamphetamine. The effects of the drug generally begin to subside between 90 minutes and 3 hours after ingestion; however, they can last up to 24 hours. A state of mild depression can follow periods of prolonged use. Taken in excess, khat causes extreme thirst, a sense of exhilaration, talkativeness, hyperactivity, wakefulness, and loss of appetite. Repeated use can cause manic behavior with grandiose delusions, paranoia, and hallucinations. It also can cause damage to the nervous, respiratory, circulatory, and digestive systems.
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September issue of the Microgram bulletin is out; [Comments in purple; phase_dancer]


Possible interesting topics include:

Heroin in book bindings....

Opium starched blankets...

California Opium field discovered in National Forest...

Cocaine in large candles....

40 year old psilocybin tablets [Check out photo#6]


MIXED MDMA / l-METHAMPHETAMINE / KETAMINE TABLETS WITH
THE MERCEDES LOGO

TFMPP AND BZP IN YPSILANTI, MICHIGAN

LARGE MDMA SYNTHESIS LABORATORY AND TABLETTING OPERATION
SEIZED IN SCARBOROUGH, ONTARIO, CANADA [ with photos of logo dies ]

HYPOPHOSPHOROUS ACID..... [ an interesting summary from the DEA. It is not usual that the US is behind Australia in illicit production trends, but this is one area. I wonder whether the US will see a rise in overall production using this method, as has been observed in Aus. Just think how this could go with the availability of Ephedrine in the US] 8(

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Re. heroin in book binding:

"This is the first time this smuggling technique has been encountered by the Crime Laboratory."

I found this surprising. I didn't think it was that ingenious a method, hasn't it been employed for ages?
 
The Sandoz psilocybin tablets are pretty cool. Original bottle and all :D

That was a great Microgram Bulletin.
 
A) Detailed Botanical Identification of Salvia Divinorum.
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This will be interesting! I've been told again and again that salvia is a common plant; found in parks and other areas around Australia.

Reading that new Microgram bulletin shows ya just how hard it is to conceal large quantities of drugs. The people responsible for some of those packages must have been more resourceful than your average joe, and they've still been caught right out.
 
"CODEINE IN "SNOW-CONE" SYRUP IN ONTARIO, CALIFORNIA"

Not surprising considering it was snowcone formula!;)
 
Microgram Bulletin

The lastest Microgram Bulletin is out...see here

Check out the 5cm 'ice' block...I want!!

I can't believe they publish these ideas for drug smuggling.

They must be the unlucky ones...as some of the methods are ingenious.8o
 
Unfortunately it won't do much more than clear your nose:(

That big "tootsie roll" of opium looks good though;)
 
Dec Microgram; Better than last month!

December 03 edition of the microgram bulletin is out. Some very interesting stuff, including:


  • MDMA MIMIC TABLETS CONTAINING PCP IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA
  • ETONITAZENE IN BRIGHAM CITY, UTAH
  • METHAMPHETAMINE CUT WITH ALUM IN ROME AND FLORENCE, ITALY
  • COCAINE/YOHIMBINE AND LSD/AMPHETAMINE MIXTURES
    IN SPAIN
  • Selected Brief: COMMON VEHICLE CONCEALMENT METHODS USED IN THE UNITED STATES
 
Feb edition of Microgram is out. Some interesting articles this month, including this one on marijuana in Snickers lookalike bars.

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And this rather unsavoury article regarding a prisoner who was observed eating odd things his wife had given him while she was visiting.

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Also worth reading is this article on PMA and PMMA

PARA-METHOXYAMPHETAMINE AND PARA-METHOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE
IN CECIL COUNTY, MARYLAND

The Maryland State Police Forensic Sciences Division (Pikesville, Maryland) recently received a submission of forty-two tablets and fifty-eight gel capsules, suspected Ecstasy. The exhibits were seized pursuant to a warrant search at an apartment in Cecil County by the North East Drug Task Force (consisting of members of the Maryland State Police and the Cecil County’s Sheriff’s Office). The tablets were round (3/8ths inch diameter), light purple, fragile, and had no logo (see Photo 7); total net mass not determined. Analysis by color testing (Marquis - red), FT-IR and GC/MS, however, indicated not MDMA but rather para-methoxymethamphetamine (PMMA), cut with aspirin and ephedrine (aspirin and ephedrine not confirmed, quantitation of PMMA not performed). The capsules were clear, had no logo or markings, contained an off-white powder, and weighed approximately 100 milligrams each (see Photo 8). Analysis of the powder by UV, FT-IR, and GC/MS, however, indicated not MDMA but rather para-methoxyamphetamine (PMA) (quantitation not performed). These exhibits are believed to be the Laboratory’s first encounters with both drugs.
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Also includes pictures of the tablets and powder.

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March edition of Microgram Bulletin is out: Some subject titles of interest may include:
  • N–METHYLPYRROLIDINONE IN A GAMMA-HYDROXYBUTYRATE SOLUTION
  • 2C-I TABLETS IN THE BALEARIC ISLANDS (SPAIN)
  • FENTANYL LOZENGES IN TAMPA, FLORIDA [this is interesting; p_d]
  • LSD LABORATORY IN HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA
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