Ruth Smith

A Review of Recent Advances in Impurity Profiling of Illicit MDMA Samples

Journal of Forensic Sciences October 18, 2007 Ruth Smith 38 citations

Abstract: Profiling illicit ecstasy tablets has the potential to become an invaluable tool in the crackdown on drug trafficking, but that potential has yet to be fully realized. The impurity profile of an ecstasy tablet can be used to determine the method employed to synthesize the actual controlled substance, which in most cases, is 3,4‐methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA). Tablets can then be...