Cutting agents in cocaine: A temporal study of the period 2015-2017 in the Northern Region of Colombia.
Forensic Sci Int
; 327: 110911, 2021 Oct.
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ABSTRACT
Cocaine is a naturally occurring psychostimulant drug available worldwide. Drug trafficking networks adulterate pure cocaine with cutting agents to increase their earnings. This study presents a descriptive statistical analysis of the cutting agents found in 2118 cocaine samples that were seized in the Northern Region of Colombia (in the period 2015-2017). The data used in this study was drawn from the GC-MS analytical reports of the National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences -Colombia, Northern Region. Results showed diverse cutting agents in seized cocaine samples, from which the most commonly used are caffeine, phenacetin, lidocaine, imidazole and levamisole. In addition, cocaine samples showed different mixtures of the above cutting agents, predominantly caffeine/phenacetin and caffeine/lidocaine/phenacetin mixtures.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Contaminação de Medicamentos
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Cocaína
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Tráfico de Drogas
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Colombia
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En
Revista:
Forensic Sci Int
Ano de publicação:
2021
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Article