Microcrystal Tests for the Identification of Illicit Drugs: Phencyclidine, Pseudoephedrine, and Psilocin
THE MICROSCOPE
2019, Volume 67:1, pp. 13–30
DOI
https://doi.org/10.59082/TNWK8166
AUTHORS
Kelly M. Brinsko,
Dean Golemis, Meggan B. King, Gary J. Laughlin, and Sebastian B. Sparenga
ABSTRACT
The Microscope is publishing monographs from McCrone Research Institute’s A Modern Compendium of Microcrystal Tests for Illicit Drugs and Diverted Pharmaceuticals, which contains 19 different drugs and their microcrystal test reagents. This issue includes the final installment of monographs, with the following drugs/reagents:
• phencyclidine (PCP)/potassium permanganate • phencyclidine (PCP)/ammonium thiocyanate • pseudoephedrine/dilituric acid • pseudoephedrine/gold chloride • psilocin/trinitrobenzoic acid The previous set of monographs were published in issue 66:4 (2018): oxycodone with platinum bromide, oxycodone with potassium triiodide (Clarke’s I-KI, No. 1), and oxycodone with sodium carbonate.
• phencyclidine (PCP)/potassium permanganate • phencyclidine (PCP)/ammonium thiocyanate • pseudoephedrine/dilituric acid • pseudoephedrine/gold chloride • psilocin/trinitrobenzoic acid The previous set of monographs were published in issue 66:4 (2018): oxycodone with platinum bromide, oxycodone with potassium triiodide (Clarke’s I-KI, No. 1), and oxycodone with sodium carbonate.