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motaman
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DEA MICROGRAM - OCTOBER CHOCOLATE/PSILOCYBIN "LOLLIPOP
#2091710 - 11/11/03 08:03 AM (20 years, 4 months ago) |
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http://www. usdoj. gov/dea/programs/forensicsci/microgram/mg1003/mg1003.html - INTELLIGENCE ALERT - CHOCOLATE/PSILOCYBIN "LOLLIPOP" IN TAMPA, FLORIDA The Florida Department of Law Enforcement Tampa Crime Laboratory (Tampa, Florida) recently received an unusual submission of a chocolate lollipop from the Tampa Police Department. The evidence was recovered at a Grateful Dead Concert in Tampa, and was submitted as a suspected chocolate/psilocybin mushroom concoction. The lollipop was cellophane wrapped, about 6 x 4 centimeters in size (candy only), weighed 27.4 grams (including the stick), and looked and smelled like chocolate candy (see Photo 2). However, pieces of fibrous material (presumed ground psilocybin mushroom) were visible throughout the chocolate when the lollipop was broken (see Photo 3). Acid/base workup followed by analysis of an extract by GC and GC/MS confirmed psilocin. Extraction of a separate sample of the exhibit with methanol, followed by preparatory TLC, followed by standard TLC, confirmed psilocin (quantitation not performed). Of note, there was no indication of psilocybin in the sample. This was the first encounter with a chocolate/psilocybin (psilocin) concoction by the Laboratory. [Editor's Note: Numerous additional examples of chocolate/psilocybin mushroom concoctions were reported in the May, June, and August 2003 issues of Microgram Bulletin.] - INTELLIGENCE BRIEF - CAPSULES CONTAINING POWDERED PSILOCYBIN MUSHROOMS IN COUNCIL GROVE, KANSAS The Kansas Bureau of Investigation Laboratory in Topeka recently received a submission of seven clear capsules containing a light brown powder (total net mass not reported) from the Council Grove Police Department (Council Grove is located about 50 miles southwest of Topeka). The capsules (see Photo 10) were seized (along with several ounces of marijuana) subsequent to a DUI/vehicle stop. The defendant indicated that the capsules were "mushroom pills". Analysis by TLC indicated psilocin and psilocybin, and analysis by GC/MS confirmed psilocin (quantitation not performed). This was the Laboratory's first encounter with this type of exhibit; however, a similar exhibit was seen by the KBI Great Bend Laboratory in 2002. - INTELLIGENCE BRIEF - PEYOTE BUTTONS IN ARCATA, CALIFORNIA The State of California Forensic Laboratory in Eureka recently received a submission of 11.02 grams of peyote buttons (see Photo 11; note that both sides of the buttons are displayed). The exhibits were seized by the Arcata Police Department (circumstances of seizure not reported); Arcata is a college town housing Humboldt State University, located about 10 miles north of Eureka. Analysis by GC/MS confirmed mescaline (3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine); quantitation not performed. This was the first peyote case seen at the Laboratory in about three years. - INTELLIGENCE BRIEF - PEYOTE CACTUS AND ROOTS IN HEBBRONVILLE, TEXAS The DEA South Central Laboratory (Dallas, Texas) recently received a seizure of suspected peyote cactus bulbs (buttons) and roots from Hebbronville, Texas (located about 50 miles east southeast of Laredo) (see Photo 12). The exhibits (total net mass 4.034 kilograms, damp) were seized by the U.S. Border Patrol during a vehicle stop just south of the town. Analysis by GC and GC/IR confirmed mescaline (quantitation not performed). Although the Laboratory has seen over 100 exhibits of peyote since 1970, this is the first exhibit received in about two years.
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Edited by motaman (11/11/03 08:09 AM)
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Seuss
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Re: DEA MICROGRAM - OCTOBER CHOCOLATE/PSILOCYBIN "LOLLIPOP [Re: motaman]
#2091740 - 11/11/03 08:20 AM (20 years, 4 months ago) |
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>suspected peyote cactus bulbs (buttons) and roots
That is sick... leave the roots, please, so the cactus can continue to grow. *sigh* Such disrepsect.
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DailyPot
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Re: DEA MICROGRAM - OCTOBER CHOCOLATE/PSILOCYBIN "LOLLIPOP [Re: Seuss]
#2092554 - 11/11/03 01:07 PM (20 years, 4 months ago) |
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They're always so far behind on everything...I tryed chocolate shrooms like 2 years before the DEA knew it existed.
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dastats
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Re: DEA MICROGRAM - OCTOBER CHOCOLATE/PSILOCYBIN "LOLLIPOP [Re: DailyPot]
#2104782 - 11/14/03 02:34 AM (20 years, 4 months ago) |
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I still amazes me how ignorant the govenment in the US is.
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