DEA intelligence alert; DOC and 2c-e

[rxbandit]

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS OF 4-CHLORO-2,5-DIMETHOXYAMPHETAMINE
(DOC) IN TAMPA, FLORIDA
The DEA Southeast Laboratory (Miami, Florida) recently received eight small plastic squeeze bottles, of two different sizes, labelled as breath fresheners and containing small amounts of liquids, submitted as suspected liquid LSD (photos not available). The submissions were seized at a residence in Tampa, Florida by the Tampa Police, pursuant to a date-rape investigation. One of the subexhibits consisted of six squeeze bottles, each containing about 1.3 milliliters of a clear solution; the second subexhibit consisted of two slightly larger squeeze bottles, each containing about 0.25 milliliters of a pink solution. All eight solutions were aqueous and had pH values ranging from 3 - 5. Analysis by GC/FID, GC/MS, FTIR/ATR, and NMR, however, indicated not LSD but rather 4-chloro-2,5-dimethoxyamphetamine (DOC; salt form not determined and quantitation not performed) in seven of the eight bottles - one of the smaller bottles contained no controlled substances. This is the first submission of this type to the Southeast Laboratory.




CAPSULES CONTAINING 2,5-DIMETHOXY-4-ETHYLPHENETHYLAMINE
(2C-E) IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA
Photo 3

The Tulsa Police Department Forensic Laboratory (Oklahoma) recently received a white plastic bottle, labeled “Nortesten,” including 100 clear gelatin capsules (23 x 8 millimeters), each containing approximately 10 milligrams of white powder, that field-tested as an amphetamine-like compound (see Photo 3). The exhibits were seized by the Tulsa Police pursuant to a search warrant in Tulsa (no further details). Analysis by GC/MS and FTIR indicated 2,5-dimethoxy-4-ethylphenethylamine (2C-E; not confirmed due to the lack of an authenticated standard). The capsule material was not quantitated; however, the TIC indicated no other components. 2C-E is not currently scheduled under Oklahoma law. This was the first ever submission of 2C-E to the laboratory.
[Editor’s Notes: An Internet search on Nortesten indicates that it is a “nutritional supplement” intended to boost testosterone levels - and that it has been discontinued by the manufacturer (Muscletech). According to several websites, Nortesten is purported to contain 18 milligrams of norandrostenediol (19-nor-4-androsten-3,17-diol) and 18 milligrams of norandrostenedione (19-nor-4-androsten-3, 17-dione) per capsule, in a time-release formulation.]


both taken from the DEA's microgram newsletter

[Felonious Skunk]

Originally Posted by rxbandit

...The submissions were seized at a residence in Tampa, Florida by the Tampa Police, pursuant to a date-rape investigation...Analysis by GC/FID, GC/MS, FTIR/ATR, and NMR, however, indicated not LSD but rather 4-chloro-2,5-dimethoxyamphetamine (DOC; salt form not determined and quantitation not performed) in seven of the eight bottles - one of the smaller bottles contained no controlled substances. This is the first submission of this type to the Southeast Laboratory.

Any bets on how long it will take the media cretins to start calling DOC the "new date-rape drug"?

[chemlove]

Originally Posted by Felonious Skunk

Any bets on how long it will take the media cretins to start calling DOC the "new date-rape drug"?

Oh please god not that crap again (referring to the date rape crap)

i had a question i noticed in the main article DEA that it said 2CE is not illegal in Tulsa is there a site that shows the laws state by state, and also is it true (i have herd from several reliable sources that it dose not matter, because Federal law trumps state.

anything anyone can do to clear these things up would be wonderful

[Felonious Skunk]

Well it's quite clear that federal law trumps state law by seeing the way things have gone with the medical marijuana dispensaries.

But you can bet your ass that if a state has, for example, salvia divinorum prohibition on the books, fat chance the feds will enter the picture to demand your release. The cog only turns in one direction--toward your incarceration.

Besides, the feds have their arbitrary Analogue Act. If you piss 'em off enough, or they want to sacrifice you to pursue an agenda (a la WebTryp), they have that.

Everything will be scheduled soon anyway.

[Pomzazed]

Instantly as the news comes out?

[radiometer]

2C-E: falls under analogue act and is treated as a controlled substance if it is intended for human consumption, as a gelcap clearly implies.

I find more interesting the inference from the DOC entry that the authors consider DOC to be itself a controlled substance ("one of the smaller bottles contained no controlled substances") when it is not. With regard to legal implications for possession, this was a highly enlightening issue of the microgram. Here is an easily "fixable" link:

hxxp://www.usdoj.gov/dea/programs/forensicsci/microgram/bulletins_index.html