I proposed a mock experiment and analytical research study to determine the cause of this deterioration and reduction in weigh by nearly 16 grams over a two year period. This agent further surmised that the addition of Procaine may be responsible for the rapid rate of deterioration. The undercover agent expressed concern regarding the degradation of this product that had a very strong smell of menthol and proposed the evidence had been mixed or cut with Procaine, a derivative of Novocain.
During this review and reweigh procedure the aforementioned product emitted a strong odor of menthol. Present at the review and reweigh of this product listed above were legal counsel for the defendant and two case agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration, and an unidentified undercover agent. Menthol causes and endothermic reaction overtime and reduces the product to a slurry or paste form of the product beginning to occur after the first 72 hours of manufacturing.Ī review of case a determined there was a defined and remarkable reduction in weight on the proposed crack cocaine product submitted nearly two years previously, from the original weight documented by the Smith Texas Laboratory.
