Methamphetamine Pills are Here
Methamphetamine, for decades, has always come in a powder or crystallized form. But, I have been seeing methamphetamine pop up around the world in pill form and now it is coming that way to the United States.
The below pictured pill appears to be identical to an M30 pill that most often contains fentanyl. The M30 pills are pressed to look like legitimate Oxycodone pills, however Mexican Cartels have been pressing fentanyl into pills that look like this. Now one containing only methamphetamine was recovered in Philadelphia. There was Mass Spec confirmation of its makeup.
After posting this on my facebook page, some readers are reporting that they have come across these same methamphetamine pills in their jurisdiction. I have been warning for years that methamphetamine pills would be coming. We see methamphetamine pills all over the world, except in the United States. It makes sense to put methamphetamine into pills since it is easier to transport, sell and conceal. I would expect to see more of this in the coming years.
What Users Will Do With Methamphetamine Pills
Users can take a meth pill in much the same way as traditional methamphetamine. Users can smoke the pill, chop it up and snort it, booty bump it or swallow it. Users can also break the pill down and inject it.
Use Caution!
These pills look similar to fentanyl pills. There are reports of some fentanyl samples testing positive for methamphetamine using some reagent based testing methods. I recommended that you wear an N95 mask or an air purifying respirator, nitrile gloves and eye protection when handling ALL drugs. I also recommend that officers stop using reagent based presumptive drug tests due to their reliability issues. Officers should instead switch to more scientific methods of testing.