Microgram: The Kentucky State Police Eastern Forensic Laboratory (Ashland, Kentucky) recently [...] one light green tablet with a 'JK' logo, both suspected MDMA [..]. The exhibits were acquired by the Big Sandy UNITE Drug Task Force (Prestonsburg, Kentucky) during the execution of separate search warrants in Allen and Saylersville (both in eastern Kentucky). [...] Analysis of the 'JK' tablet (also by GC/MS and GC/FID) indicated a mixture of methamphetamine, MDMA, and caffeine (methamphetamine : MDMA was 2.6 : 1). Both tablets were approximately 9 millimeters in diameter, but were not weighed. These were the first submissions of these type tablets to the laboratory.
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