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Published:
Journal of Analytical Toxicology,
ISSN 0146-4760,
Volume 31, Number 3, April 2007,
pp.170-171
INVITED LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Cocaethylene as a Component
in Illicit Cocaine
John F. Casale
Senior Research Chemist,
Cocaine Signature Program,
DEA Special Testing and Research Laboratory 22624 Dulles Summit Court Dulles,
Virginia 20166
In response to your request for information concerning the presence
of cocaethylene content in illicit cocaine exhibits, the following comments
are provided, based on research and sample analysis performed within the Cocaine
Signature Program (CSP) of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Special
Testing and Research Laboratory since 1992. In addition to our in-depth cocaine
sample analysis and applied research, we have debriefed hundreds of South American
illicit cocaine laboratory operators on the details of their processes to include
observing, first hand, dozens of these operators making cocaine in the illicit
setting.
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