================================================================= This file is a part of the 1999 Hyperreal Drug Archives Snapshot. This snapshot is hosted by Erowid and will not be updated after October 1999. The information in these files may be out of date. See Erowid's Psychoactive Vaults for more current info. ================================================================= Here's an item that appeared in the Fall 1989 issue of Whole Earth Review, and which answers my question about why the niche left by PharmChem's exit from the drug testing business hadn't been filled by some other company. If this outfit is still operating, it has been filled. ------------------------------------------------------------ From "Whole Earth Review" Fall 1989 page 25 STREET PHARMACOLOGIST These folks have been around since 1973, but are not as well known as they should be. You send them a sample of a drug, and they provide pharmacological analysis of it, while maintaining your anonymity. Their non-profit foundation publishes a newsletter summarizing the rough-and-ready patterns of drugs as they are used on the street. -Kevin Kelly Street Pharacologist $25/year from Up Front Drug Information 5701 Biscayne Boulevard #602, Miami, FL 33137 SP Lab Results Summer 1988 ALLEGED CONTENT ACTUAL CONTENT DESCRIPTION ORIGIN --------------- ----------------- ------------------ ------------------ methaqualone methaqualone white powder North Virginia methaqualone diazepam white tablet Monmouth, NJ Quaalude methaqualone white powder North Virginia cocaine/heroin napthalenol white powder Hialeah, FL marijuana w/PCP marijuana plant material unknown LSD LSD paper square North Bay, CA MDMA MDMA, MDA white powder San Francisco, CA PCP LSD white powder New York, NY unknown no drugs detected white powder Gainesville, FL unknown acetaminophen blue tablet North Bay, CA unknown steroid blue tablet Pilot Mount, NC unknown diazepam, white capsule Ft. Lauderdale, FL chlordiazepoxide unknown palmitic & blue/white capsule Ft. Lauderdale, FL stearic acid unknown diethylpropion white capsule Ft. Lauderdale, FL --------------- ----------------- ------------------ ------------------ The analysis service provided by SP Lab is not intended for emergency drug analysis or for use as legal evidence in court. To submit a sample for analysis, follow the procedure outlined below. 1. Wrap the sample securely in foil or plastic and place in an envelope. 2. Identify each sample with a random five digit nubmer. Enclose a note giving the code number and any details about the sample (what it is believed to be), the effects of the drug (if someone has used it), and the city and state from which it was obtained. 3. Enclose $25 for each sample, preferably in the form of a money order. 4. Enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope if you wish to receive results by mail. 5. Call Up Front at (305)757-2566 for mailing address. 6. After about three weeks, call 305-757-2566 or, Florida residents outside Dade County, call toll free 800-432-8255. Be ready to give your code number for results. 7. Before submitting a sample, it is suggested that you call to verify the mailing address and the appropriateness of your sample for analysis. Note that SP Lab tests only for active drug ingredients. Inactive fillers, cuts, and other pharmacologically inert substances will not be identified. ======================================================================= note: just to head off potential flames, this is NOT an ad for the outfit. I'm not connected to them in any way. It's just posted to this newsgroup as an interesting item, and for it's potential benefit to public safety. -marsthom