Caution! Pink (U-47700) cut with fentanyl showing up throughout Minneapolis & St. Paul, with an already reported 23 overdoses

According to service providers in a local Twin Cities harm reduction organization, the substance they believe to be Pink is testing positive for fentanyl and is showing up all throughout Minneapolis/St. Paul. The mobile harm reduction crew in the area had a handful of positive tests and has reported 11 overdoses today, September 13, and a dozen yesterday. The crew has also stated that the opioid substance is so strong, it is taking 5-6 doses of Narcan (Naloxone) to reverse.

#TestIt Alert: “Blue Molly” Sold in Jacksonville Did Not Test as MDMA, But Likely a Synthetic Cathinone

A community member has submitted information to DanceSafe regarding a substance sourced in Jacksonville, FL that is being marketed and sold as “Blue Molly” (MDMA), described as “a very light almost tealish blue crystalline substance.” The submitter used only the Marquis reagent, which reacted fluorescent yellow, indicating it was likely a cathinone (or “bath salt”) such as methylone, ethylone, or butylone.

#TestIt Alert: Counterfeit Adderall Tested as Methamphetamine

A orange, oval tablet sold as Adderall and submitted to EcstasyData.org from Minneapolis, MN, tested as Methamphetamine. The pill had imprinted on the front “b” and “974” with break lines, and on the back “-3|0-”, resembling a prescription 30mg Adderall tablet. However, this pill was counterfeit.

#TestIt Alert: Fentanyl Found in Locally Sourced Ketamine

A community member provided DanceSafe with information about an incident involving an individual in Louisville, KY who was recently hospitalized for symptoms related to a drug overdose. According to the patient, they were only using cocaine and ketamine, but fentanyl was found in their system.

Learn How to Reduce Your Harms, Maximize Your Benefits, and Get Home Safely from Burning Man

It’s mid-August meaning it’s that time of year again when you thought you had finally removed most of the playa dust from around your home only to realize it’s crunch time to prepare for another journey of radical self-reliance! While you are contemplating your decision-making and working to convince yourself it’ll all be worth it (as it always is), don’t forget to add the list of talks below (all featuring our Executive Director, Mitchell Gomez) to your “reasons why I’m stoked to attend Burning Man 2018” list.

#TestIt Alert issued for Berkeley, CA

A salmon colored circular pill sold as Adderall and submitted to EcstasyData.org from Berkeley, CA tested as Methamphetamine. The pill had imprinted on the front a stylized “dp” and on the back “-3|0-”, resembling a prescription 30mg Adderall tablet. However, this pill was counterfeit.

#TestIt Alert issued for Houston, TX & the General Public

A white, broken tablet sold as Hydrocodone 325/10 was submitted from Houston, TX but tested as 20 (active) parts Acetaminophen (Tylenol) and 1 (active) part Fentanyl. Fentanyl and various fentanyl analogs are highly potent synthetic opioids between fifty and many hundreds of times stronger than heroin.