Microgram: The Scottsdale Police Department Crime Laboratory (Scottsdale, Arizona) recently received two yellow tablets with a star logo, suspected ecstasy [...]. The tablets (total net mass 469 milligrams) were included as a 'freebie' during an undercover purchase of cocaine made in Scottsdale by the Scottsdale Police Department, and were sold identified only as 'pills to party with'. Analysis by color testing and MS, however, indicated not only MDMA but also methamphetamine, ephedrine, caffeine, lidocaine, and ketamine. The exhibits were not formally quantitated; however, the MDMA, methamphetamine, and ketamine were present in an approximate 2:1:1 ratio. This is the first submission of this type to the Crime Laboratory.
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