Adulterants encountered in the illicit cocaine market.

Abstract:

:Illicit cocaine samples (156), seized on Rome's illegal market between January 1996 and June 1997, were examined. Both the purity of the cocaine and the presence of substances employed for dilution were determined for each sample. Adulterants were found in many of the street samples analysed. Lidocaine (average 14.7%) followed by caffeine (average 9%) proved to be the adulterants most frequently encountered in the cocaine samples.

journal_name

Forensic Sci Int

authors

Fucci N,De Giovanni N

doi

10.1016/s0379-0738(98)00102-9

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1998-08-12 00:00:00

pages

247-52

issue

3

eissn

0379-0738

issn

1872-6283

pii

S0379-0738(98)00102-9

journal_volume

95

pub_type

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