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So I was at the chemist yesterday buying some Mersyndol (as you do) and I stumbled across a cute little packet of about 50 litmus paper-y type things to be used for testing for substances other than alcohol and soft drinks in your drink.

Now of course I was a little skeptical (basically the paper changes to pink if there's an unknown substance in there, but it doesnt tell you what it is) as to how well these things work... but then I thought again... and WELL DONE Australia, for seeing that there's a problem there and taking steps to curb its damaging effects.

Now if only we could get little mini 3 drop pill testers to sell at the chemist.
 
An "unknown substance"! This is a revolution from the Drink Spike Detector which only shows up Ketamine and GHB...

I hate the fact that these things seem to be necessary... :\
 
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Just scrape a little bit off the side of your pill onto a clean white surface, drop one drop of masquerade reagent on it and observe the colour change. If the reagent goes black, you've tested positive for miscellaneous. If it goes a slight redish colour, you've also tested positive for miscellaneous. If there is no colour change at all, it's highly unlikely that your pill contains anything except for inactive miscellaneous compounds.

Plus!

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LOL.

But in all seriousness, don't forget these cards offer a test for ketamine and are immunologically based, meaning they should be very specific at what they are looking for. We may have the ability to distinguish a ketamine only tablet using Mandelin, but the best the kit will tell you with a MDXX/ K "cocktail", is MDMA or a mixture of unknown compounds :\

So don't rubbish them just yet. We all moan there's not enough products supporting the users' safety. Here's one, it's not perfect but it does what it says it will. Unlike a certain kit manufacture who once claimed MDMA, MBDB, MDEA & MDA were all distinguishable with Marquis, these guys haven't made false claims. The main areas I see at fault with the drink spike detector cards are the time it takes for the spot to dry, and the fact that they don't pick up other G compounds. But really that is asking a lot analytically speaking, as you are comparing the salt of an ester (GHB) to a lactone (GBL) to a diol (1,4B). All are very different chemicals.

One other thing. The fact that Amcal now stocks the cards means they must have passed the acid test. Endorsement by a major chain usually says something of a products ability to do as claimed.
 
By another of those strange coincidences, a drink spike detector kit was in my mailbox this morning.
 
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^^ It looks as if the decrease in drink spiking is due to detering spikers more than catching them. The article doesn't mention a single spiked drink found with the testers, just that since the cards were introduced no one has been spiked...

Clearly the testers reach their stated objective, but it's funny to think it's most likely acting as deterant rather than a device for actually catching spikers... :)
 
Agreed apollo. There was actually a pic of three people accompanying the article but I needed to reduce size so it got chopped. The caption read *students.....on guard* without any specific mention of the product, but as you said an awareness has obviously resulted from displaying and promoting the cards.

Now if only the same sensibility could be applied to Ecstasy test kits....
 
mona said:
(basically the paper changes to pink
Click to expand...

It's a conspiracy by the bars. All the pretty blondes who order vodka raspberries will keep buying replacement drinks.
 
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