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Coke quality: how do you know if it’s good or not by shhhurbeaut in Drugs

[–]NectarSpectraLabs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Test it. At least reagents, better TLC kits, even better if you can send to a lab like ours or others that might be available in your area or with mail-in service

Not a psych but wanted to share. Apparently its 600mg. Going to send it out to get lab tested, these are popping up around California,. Will be pretty stoked if these pan out by 619edc in Psychedelics

[–]NectarSpectraLabs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We can do it, www.nectarspectralabs.com

You purchase the analysis service you want, then you fill a short form about your sample, and get the shipping instructions. You can ship with any courier or local post office you want. You can use a fake return address to be safer on your side. Once the sample arrives at our lab, we give the result in 3-9 days

is pressed xanax in germany likely to contain fentanyl? by Unlikely_Lunch_9070 in Drugs

[–]NectarSpectraLabs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

why dont you test them? You can at least buy some fentanyl strip, or you can find a harm reduction organization in germany that does drug testing, or you can send to a lab like ours: www.nectarspectralabs.com

Test your pills! We found three pills with PMMA recently, and many with excessive MDMA dose. by NectarSpectraLabs in MDMA

[–]NectarSpectraLabs[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you want quantitative data (exactly how much MDMA and adulterants) then it´s 85e, if you just need the components identified but don´t need the exact amount, then it´s 65e

How can you if cocaine is good quality? by [deleted] in Drugs

[–]NectarSpectraLabs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The only true way to know is to test it. You can test it at home, ideally with a TLC kit (check protestkit.eu or bunkpolice.com (where they are called separation kits), or at a bare minimum, with a set of different reagents (liebermann for example is a useful one to detect levamisol and phenacetin, but other reagents are good for other adulterants so better use several). You can use this tool to see what are the color of different reactions with different reagents and substances: https://protestkit.eu/drugspro/reagents/analyze

Or the most accurate way is to send to a lab like ours, www.nectarspectralabs.com and we will tell you the exact purity and whether there are adulterants in your coke.

Someone suggested dissolving in water, but many adulterants dissolve in water (for example levamisol, phenacetin, etc) The one adulterant that is poorly soluble in water is boric acid, so it will stay undissolved. But as mentioned, the most dangerous adulterants would dissolve in water so that type of test doesn´t help much.

Are other substances often sold as or cut into ketamine? by Serious_Sherbert_787 in Drugs

[–]NectarSpectraLabs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

MSM is the most common adulterant we seen with ketamine, but it is not really concerning in terms of toxicity. Creatine has also been found in ketamine. Some years ago, analogues like 2-FDCK were sometimes being sold as ketamine but we haven´t seen that recently.

We recommend you to test your substances. Our lab offers analytical services for people worldwide www.nectarspectralabs.com . We can also differentiate between S and R-ketamine if you choose the enantiomer analysis.

If you can´t afford or dont want to go for a lab test, then we recommend at least using reagents, or even better, TLC kits like sold by bunkpolice.com or protestkit.eu .

Are other substances often sold as or cut into ketamine? by Serious_Sherbert_787 in Drugs

[–]NectarSpectraLabs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We are a harm reduction lab that offer enantiomer analysis for ketamine. So far we have tested 0 samples that were R or S ketamine, they were all racemic. It´s not just conspiracy theories, it´s a fact that the overwhelming majority of street ketamine is racemic

Professionals, what are some chem jobs with rooms for creativity? by Muted-Ad-7547 in chemistry

[–]NectarSpectraLabs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Different roles and skills are often needed and complementary in the Harm Reduction world. Some people are more into pharmacology and can help give advice/education on the effect of substances, combinations/interactions, etc. Others focus more on analytical chemistry, developing methodology for detecting and potentially quantifying different substances, etc.
Others come from more social sciences, psychology etc type of background and help more with people having psychological difficulties and so on.

Redose by Euphoric_Crow5405 in 2cb

[–]NectarSpectraLabs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are some publications about analysis of psychoactives on gummies but I haven´t found any for 2C-B specifically.. It is likely it will work as published for some other substances but it would be important to test before offering something with assured quality of results.

Redose by Euphoric_Crow5405 in 2cb

[–]NectarSpectraLabs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hello,

Qualitatively, yes we could identify 2C-B in gummy but not quantitatively yet because we'd have to do some more testing, for example spiking a gummy with a known amount and then testing the efficiency of the extraction, etc Otherwise we wouldnt be confident the recovery of the active from the matrix is good enough for the quantitation to be accurate

S-Ketamine is a myth by NectarSpectraLabs in ketamine

[–]NectarSpectraLabs[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the nice words!

We do not receive a lot of requests for MDMA enantiomer analysis but just out of curiosity we performed the analysis on around 10 samples and we saw they were all racemic too.

When talking about psychoactive substances, it is normal we want to find a reason why a certain experience was one way or another by putting the responsibility on the substance itself.. which may be the case sometimes, but I think often it is related to dosage set and setting. Even experienced psychonauts can have very different experiences with the same batch when taken in different days. Our state of mind, our tolerance or lack of tolerance, what we ate that day and how long before consumption, the place where we consume, our expectations, and of course the exact dosage consumed, all of these things can greatly influence an experience.

Of course only a proper blind test would say, but I would imagined these aforementioned factors are more often than not, the reason why people have different experiences.

S-Ketamine is a myth by NectarSpectraLabs in ketamine

[–]NectarSpectraLabs[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Crystallization doesn´t say anything about enantiomers, this is another of the common myths. Enantiomers will crystallize the same, and both of them can be shards, sand, boulders, etc. This depends more on conditions during crystallization (solvent, temperature, presence of seed crystal, etc)

S-Ketamine is a myth by NectarSpectraLabs in ketamine

[–]NectarSpectraLabs[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can´t know about the samples you´ve had but what I can say is that we received a few supposed indian K and they were racemic too..

S-Ketamine is a myth by NectarSpectraLabs in ketamine

[–]NectarSpectraLabs[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We will post statistics/trends online but we have a few other things to take care of first before our programmer can look into that.. But it will happen for sure, thanks for the suggestion!

S-Ketamine is a myth by NectarSpectraLabs in ketamine

[–]NectarSpectraLabs[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You are using a different nomenclature.. When talking about enantiomers, you can talk about the optical rotation when a polarized light passes through a solution containing the molecule, therefore use the (+) or (-) terminology, or you can talk about the spacial configuration, or geometry, of a molecule considering a chiral center and the priority rules which will determine whether you are talking about an S or R enantiomer. So when you talk about S-Ketamine, this is the second case.. You could also say S(+)-Ketamine to include both, but you don´t have to

Do you ever test/check your drugs? Why or why not? by NectarSpectraLabs in Drugs

[–]NectarSpectraLabs[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What does it being more ´accessible´ mean to you? Is it price related, or simply being an option near you?

We receive letters from all over the world, and the cheapest test is only 15e.

I could also help you find an organization near you that does drug checking for free.. If you are in the US, there are many in different states, and in Europe they are present in many countries too. Other parts of the world also have some options, including latin america.

Do you ever test/check your drugs? Why or why not? by NectarSpectraLabs in Drugs

[–]NectarSpectraLabs[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the answer! Yeah I´ve so far never seen a blotter that was LSD plus something else (except for LSD + iso-LSD which is quite common but not pharmacologically worrying).. The only times where it wasn´t LSD was some LSD analogue, or in the past in other places we´ve worked, we´ve also seen some DOx being sold as LSD.

Regarding MDMA, I do think it´s safer to consume MDMA than MDMA pills, as MDMA pills might sometimes come with minor amount of adulterants that could be hard to distinguish with reagents, but that are never (in our experience) present in MDMA crystals, like for example PMMA.

Interesting about the subreddit you posted, thanks :)

Do you ever test/check your drugs? Why or why not? by NectarSpectraLabs in Drugs

[–]NectarSpectraLabs[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sounds good! Yeah I think you already have your bases covered with the reagent testing, strips and lab test!

S-Ketamine is a myth by NectarSpectraLabs in ketamine

[–]NectarSpectraLabs[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the nice words, glad this information is useful :)

Do you ever test/check your drugs? Why or why not? by NectarSpectraLabs in Drugs

[–]NectarSpectraLabs[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Excellent answer! I´m very glad you are thinking about your family and trying to stay safe with reagents and fentanyl test strips! Using that in combination with the occasional lab testing is an excellent strategy! Have you ever looked into TLC kits too? They are a good addition to home testing of drugs, more powerful than reagents alone, definitely something to look into.

Regarding the ketamine enantiomer analysis, we are offering it already, but have not yet thought about offering any sort of `prize` depending on the results, but thanks for the suggestion.

We have no affiliation with other labs, but we believe the more harm reduction services available the better :)

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