Godsmacker
Rising Star
In recent years, bulk amounts of pure benzodiazepine powders have been making the scene. Alprazolam, along with a multiverse of novel "RC" benzodiazepines and Thienodiazepines (e.g. etizolam) have been parading around in pure powder form all over the underground; to much of both myself and the Harm Reduction community's dismay, there appears to be no simple or solid way to confirm the presence/purity of these benzodiazepines via colorimetric reagent testing, as one can easily do with most psychoactive drugs. Besides the inherent risks associated with millions of monkeys playing around with [supposedly] pure benzodiazepine powders, most of which are active at sub-milligram dosages, there still stands no solid or simple means of determining the presence/potency of benzodiazepine powders AFAIK.
It is with this concern for harm reduction that I ask the community if there are any colorimetric reagent tests which may be useful in determining the presence of various benzodiazepines (e.g. diazepam, alprazolam, clonazolam, midazolam, etizolam, etc.)? I would like to know if there are any reagent tests tailored to detecting benzodiazepines, because most common-place reagent tests (e.g. ehrlich, marquis, mandelin, mecke--all the reagent tests in my arsenal) will not react (AKA change color) in the presence of pure alprazolam or clonazolam IME.
I would like to know if there are any reliable/trustworthy colorimetric reagents which may be used to test for the presence of benzodiazepines, and/or differentiate between different classes/molecules (e.g. a reagent test which could differentiate between triazolo, 7-nitro, thienodiazepines (e.g. etizolam) and other classes of benzos would be a great start; a test(s) which could indicate the presence of specific RC benzos (or at least their family/subset of chemical structures) of benzos. There is little to no research regarding the use of colorimetric reagent testing of bulk benzodiazepine powders, and I would like to know if there are any colorimetric reagents which may be able to detect the presence (and/or family/actual chemical structure) of benzodiazepines, and if so, which reagents should one invest in if they were handling bulk quantities of pure benzodiazepine powders?
Thanks,
-Godsmacker
It is with this concern for harm reduction that I ask the community if there are any colorimetric reagent tests which may be useful in determining the presence of various benzodiazepines (e.g. diazepam, alprazolam, clonazolam, midazolam, etizolam, etc.)? I would like to know if there are any reagent tests tailored to detecting benzodiazepines, because most common-place reagent tests (e.g. ehrlich, marquis, mandelin, mecke--all the reagent tests in my arsenal) will not react (AKA change color) in the presence of pure alprazolam or clonazolam IME.
I would like to know if there are any reliable/trustworthy colorimetric reagents which may be used to test for the presence of benzodiazepines, and/or differentiate between different classes/molecules (e.g. a reagent test which could differentiate between triazolo, 7-nitro, thienodiazepines (e.g. etizolam) and other classes of benzos would be a great start; a test(s) which could indicate the presence of specific RC benzos (or at least their family/subset of chemical structures) of benzos. There is little to no research regarding the use of colorimetric reagent testing of bulk benzodiazepine powders, and I would like to know if there are any colorimetric reagents which may be able to detect the presence (and/or family/actual chemical structure) of benzodiazepines, and if so, which reagents should one invest in if they were handling bulk quantities of pure benzodiazepine powders?
Thanks,
-Godsmacker
