Microgram: The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) Orlando Regional Crime Laboratory recently received a submission of [...] 23.3 grams of yellow tablets, 11 millimeters in diameter, with the ying/yang symbol on one side [...], all suspected Ecstasy. The numbers of tablets were not determined; [...] the yellow 'ying/yang' tablets weighed approximately 360 milligrams each. The exhibits were seized by the Orange County Sheriff's Office as a result of a buy/bust operation in the Pine Hills area of Orlando. [...] Analysis of the yellow 'ying-yang' tablets by GC/MS indicated an approximate 3:1 mixture of MDA and methamphetamine (exact quantitation not performed)[...].
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