AfterGlow
Bluelighter
Here's the scenerio....
This concerns a Marquis reagent tester that is about 2.5 years old and had been used reliably many times in its first year or so. It had not been used within the past year. It was stored in a dry, dark place.
To make sure the tester still works NOW, it is used to test a white pill that is already KNOWN to contain MDMA. The reaction starts to turn purple in about 5-10 seconds and goes to a darker purple within about 20-30 seconds. The reaction is a little slower than when the tester was originally used to test this batch 1.5 years ago, but it still seems to work.
Now an unknown pill is tested. The pill is pink in color. In about 5-10 seconds the reaction starts to turn orange/brown and goes to a darker orange/brown within about 20-30 seconds. There is no blue/purple/black detected at all in the mix.
This is the typical reaction for a pill containing some sort of speed-like substance. But 3 experienced rollers have now taken pills from this batch and they all claim to have rolled quite nicely from them. The roll was described as being somewhat speedy, but not to excess.
I'm wondering if the tester is simply unreliable because of its age. But if the tester no longer reacts to MDMA, why would it react correctly with a control pill? Is it possible that an older tester will react correctly with a pure MDMA pill but will only react to the speed in a pill with a very high speed to MDMA ratio? Or perhaps, is the color dye in the pill skewing the result?
Please do not simply reply that a new tester should be used. That's obvious. I want to know how to interpret the results from the tester that was used. Thanks!
This concerns a Marquis reagent tester that is about 2.5 years old and had been used reliably many times in its first year or so. It had not been used within the past year. It was stored in a dry, dark place.
To make sure the tester still works NOW, it is used to test a white pill that is already KNOWN to contain MDMA. The reaction starts to turn purple in about 5-10 seconds and goes to a darker purple within about 20-30 seconds. The reaction is a little slower than when the tester was originally used to test this batch 1.5 years ago, but it still seems to work.
Now an unknown pill is tested. The pill is pink in color. In about 5-10 seconds the reaction starts to turn orange/brown and goes to a darker orange/brown within about 20-30 seconds. There is no blue/purple/black detected at all in the mix.
This is the typical reaction for a pill containing some sort of speed-like substance. But 3 experienced rollers have now taken pills from this batch and they all claim to have rolled quite nicely from them. The roll was described as being somewhat speedy, but not to excess.
I'm wondering if the tester is simply unreliable because of its age. But if the tester no longer reacts to MDMA, why would it react correctly with a control pill? Is it possible that an older tester will react correctly with a pure MDMA pill but will only react to the speed in a pill with a very high speed to MDMA ratio? Or perhaps, is the color dye in the pill skewing the result?
Please do not simply reply that a new tester should be used. That's obvious. I want to know how to interpret the results from the tester that was used. Thanks!
