Personal Doses of Cocaine and Coca Paste are Adulterated in Cartagena de Indias (Colombia)

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="6"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Component</td><td class="align_center">Getsemaní</td><td class="align_center">Zona Centro</td><td class="align_center">Sector Bomba del Amparo</td><td class="align_center">La Quinta</td><td class="align_center">Líbano</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="6"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Cocaine (%)</td><td class="align_center">63.5 ± 0.6a</td><td class="align_center">65.7 ± 0.7b</td><td class="align_center">67.5 ± 1.0c</td><td class="align_center">30.5 ± 0.8d</td><td class="align_center">8.0 ± 0.0e</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Caffeine (%)</td><td class="align_center">10.1 ± 0.0a</td><td class="align_center">Not detected</td><td class="align_center">6.0 ± 0.0b</td><td class="align_center">41.64 ± 0.9c</td><td class="align_center">40.5 ± 0.6c</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Phenacetin (%)</td><td class="align_center">9.8 ± 0.0a</td><td class="align_center">17.2 ± 0.0b</td><td class="align_center">8.0 ± 0.0c</td><td class="align_center">Not detected</td><td class="align_center">Not detected</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Levamisole (%)</td><td class="align_center">15.0 ± 0.0a</td><td class="align_center">2.0 ± 0.0b</td><td class="align_center">9.0 ± 0.0c</td><td class="align_center">Not detected</td><td class="align_center">Not detected</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="6"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Purity and adulterants found in cocaine samples (perico).</div>

The Scientific World Journal

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Table 1: Personal Doses of Cocaine and Coca Paste are Adulterated in Cartagena de Indias (Colombia) 