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The problem with this approach is that it is impossible. There is no "general chemical analyzer" that can consistently detect the quantity of a substance in any
by scythe 4y ago
The problem with this approach is that it is impossible. There is no "general chemical analyzer" that can consistently detect the quantity of a substance in any sample. You may as well suggest that a wizard uses his magic wand to purify the heroin.
Not to mention that users will begin to bring in all kinds of crap to see if they can get heroin from it — notably, their own excrement. Drug sellers likewise may decide it is unnecessary to recrystallize their products to remove solvents, since your suggestion makes no distinction between the sample contaminated with acetic anhydride and the one that was cut with mannitol. So there is still plenty of moral hazard.
- fwlr 4y agoI’m pretty sure a mass spectrometer will actually do what we want here, we don’t need a magic wand. Drug dealers leaving solvents in because this suggestion makes no distinction between different cutting compounds? I propose that we do draw a distinction, then. Drug users trying to hand us a baggie of their shit and call it heroin? I propose that, uh, we say no? To be frank, none of your objections seem like very difficult obstacles to overcome.