#TestIt Alert Issued for General Public

A white crystalline powder purchased on the dark web was sold as Isopropylphenidate, a synthetic stimulant, in an airtight bag with “Isopropylphenidate” printed on it. The substance was tested using the Marquis, Mecke, Mandelin, Froehde, and Liebermann reagents, fentanyl test strips, mass spectrometry, and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy. The ... Read more

#TestIt Alert Issued for Los Angeles, CA

A capsule containing white powder was submitted from Los Angeles, CA. The capsule was sold as Ecstasy/MDMA, but tested as MDA. According to EcstasyData.org, the Marquis reagent reacted to a purple-brown color, the Mecke reacted a purple-blue-black, and the Mandelin reacted purple, grey, brown in yellow. Read more

#TestIt Alert Issued for Willimantic, CT and the General Public

A sample of white “rocks” that was sold as cocaine tested positive for fentanyl in Willimantic, Connecticut. The sample was tested twice using fentanyl test strips, and both results were positive for the presence of fentanyl (or a fentanyl analogue). Read more

#TestIt Alert Issued for St. Paul, MN

#TestIt Alert Issued for St. Paul, MN Two pressed tablets sourced from St. Paul, Minnesota were sold as MDMA but did not test as such. The first pill is a white and light blue round, domed lightning bolt tablet (pictured left). The pill tested as caffeine and methamphetamine. The sender notes that the tablet “failed reagent testing.” According to ... Read more

#TestIt Alert Issued for Los Angeles and Moreno Valley, CA

#TestIt Alert issued for Los Angeles and Moreno Valley, CA A yellow-orange Homer Simpson pressed tablet submitted to EcstasyData.org from Moreno Valley, CA, was sold as and expected to be MDMA, but tested as methamphetamine and caffeine. The pill is in the shape of Homer’s head, and his face appears on both sides (pictured below). The tablet was sourced in ... Read more

Myth: You Can’t Test for Fentanyl in Street Drugs

Yes, you can and should test your drugs for fentanyl! With the rise of fentanyl-cut drugs on the black market, testing your substances is more important than ever. Fentanyl, a potent synthetic opioid knowingly fatal at low quantities, is being used recklessly as an adulterant in heroin, and now more recently in cocaine, across the United States and Canada. ... Read more

DanceSafe’s 2017 Online Fall Auction a Huge Success!

Our Fall 2017 Online Auction has come to a close, and we want to thank all of our generous donors and followers who placed bids. Thanks to your support, we raised over $4,000! These proceeds will go towards starting new DanceSafe Chapters, and helping support those already established. DanceSafe wants to extend a warm, heartfelt THANK YOU to the following ... Read more

LSD is LSD

Needlepoint, Lavender, White Fluff. All different labels for one substance, and one substance only: LSD. It is not correct to say that there are different ‘types’ of LSD. LSD is LSD. So why, then, are there different and distinct effects, durations, and experiences between the various street names or labels for LSD, or even between different sources? The ... Read more

#TestIt Alert Issued for Meridian, MS

Two pressed tablets sourced from Georgia and sold as ecstasy were submitted from Meridian, Mississippi. Neither tested positive for MDMA. The first pill is a multicolored, rainbow-hued ‘Heisenberg’ tablet (also called Walter White or Hipster). The pill tested as mostly caffeine with trace amounts of methamphetamine. The sender note states that ... Read more

Bath Salts Will Not Turn You Into a Cannibal

On May 26, 2012, Rudy Eugene, a 31-year-old car wash employee, violently attacked Ronald Poppo, a 65-year-old homeless man he encountered on Miami’s McArthur Causeway. Eugene gnawed off most of his victim’s face in an 18-minute assault that ended after he was shot by a police officer. Based on no evidence, and on one police officer’s ... Read more