According to Ecstasydata.org, a black, opaque gel tab sourced from Vienna, Austria, but submitted from Dallas, TX contains LSD and 2mg of an unidentified substance. The lab, which uses GC/MS methods to identify purity of a sample, “did not have a matching substance in their internal database and has not been able to confirm the substance's identity.”
DanceSafe turned 20 this year! And in those twenty years, we’ve enhanced countless lives through peer education and direct outreach. We’ve distributed thousands of pieces of unbiased, fact-based drug and sexual health literature, hundred of thousands of free condoms and ear plugs, and prevented countless medical transports by offering onsite drug checking to festival attendees.
A bizarre EcstasyData.org entry shows a brown, yellow and off-white dried fungal matter that was sourced in Dallas, TX as “Psilocybe cubensis grown with DiPT,” but which tested as nothing more than ergosterol, a compound found in the cell membrane of fungi.
Android Jones has once again stepped up to support DanceSafe, by allowing us to produce his first ever signed blotter art. These prints look incredible in person, pictures just don't do them justice! Limited to just 200 prints, these will no doubt be incredibly desired collectors items for many, many years to come.
After a hiatus, Bay Area DanceSafe is back in action! Bay Area DanceSafe was the first ever DanceSafe Chapter founded in 1998 so it’s especially fitting that the Chapter is revived as DanceSafe celebrates its 20th birthday this year. Bay Area DanceSafe will provide services at events in the SF Bay Area, Santa Cruz, and the surrounding areas.
A round, white pharmaceutical style tablet with “RP” on one side and “10 325” on the other was sold as Percocet but tested as just Acetaminophen (Tylenol). The tablet was sourced and submitted to EcstasyData.org from Cincinnati, OH.
A yellow bar tablet with three score lines and “R | 0 | 3 | 9” appearing on one side was sold as Xanax but tested as 4-chloro-alpha-PVP (“4C-PVP”) and N-Ethylpentylone, both cathinones. The tablet was sourced and submitted to EcstasyData.org from Houston, TX.
An orange, oval tablet sold as Adderall and submitted to EcstasyData.org from San Jose, CA, tested as Methamphetamine. The pill had imprinted on one side “b” and “974” with break lines, and on the back “-3|0-”, resembling a prescription 30mg Adderall tablet. However, this pill is counterfeit.
Recently the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, Dr. Elinore McCance-Katz, wrote an article critical of fentanyl testing strips. In the article she reveals some concerning beliefs about people who use drugs. Dr. McCance-Katz holds a powerful position in the government. She advises the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary on improving behavioral healthcare in America, and she leads the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) within HHS. Below is an open letter to Dr. McCance-Katz from DanceSafe founder Emanuel Sferios.
A community member has submitted information to DanceSafe regarding a substance sourced by a “friend of a friend” in the San Francisco, CA Bay Area that is being marketed and sold as ketamine, described as a “white powder, fluffy, not dissimilar from cocaine.” Tests from reagents are inconclusive and did not identify the substance as Ketamine.
