Microgram: The Oakland Police Department Crime Laboratory (California) recently received a polydrug submission including marijuana, cocaine base, and six blue tablets with a 'thumbs up' logo, suspected MDMA (see Photo 2). The exhibits were seized in Oakland by the Oakland Police Department pursuant to a reckless driving arrest. The tablets were round, 9 millimeters diameter x 4 millimeters thickness, and weighed approximately 310 milligrams each. Analysis by GC/MS indicated a mixture of caffeine, MDMA, and ketamine (not formally quantitated, but in an approximate 10 : 9 : 1 ratio). This is the first submission of mixed caffeine/MDMA/ketamine tablets to the laboratory.
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