Any pill identification experts out there?

My neighbor brought these by, and needs help identifying them. Apparently they were found in the clothes washer - and the only clothes in there belonged to her son. She's worried what it is.

Keep in mind it has been washed, so the colors may have been altered a bit - it has a distinct non-commercial look about it - in fact the tag on the end makes it look as if it were poured into a mold.

It looks gray on one end, becomes yellowish in the middle, and fades to white on the other end.

Here are the pics:

I've never seen a 'script nor supplement that didn't look quite that home made.

LOL - are you saying it looks homemade, or that sometimes pills look this homemade...

that from the pics, the overlap of the capsule (big over small) looks homemade. It's a waste of gelatin. I'm also saying that I've not seen anything that wasn't homemade that looks like this. I may well be wrong.

Your point in my "negatives" whatever the fuck that means?

I'm not thinking clearly tonight - I just saw 'never', 'nor', and 'didn't' in the same sentence,and was wondering if I understood you completely....

that's what I meant by negatives...

No offense taken. It was the LOL before it that kinda looked...odd.

I sincerely hope that it's nothing but some herbal concoction with no problematic/illegal baggage.

I'm just curious tonight... wondering if anyone had seen it before....

honestly i would sit down with the kid and if he lies and/or denies, then i think i would take advice from a support group for family members of drug/alcohol abusers to figure out what to do next

does it really matter exactly what the pill is? what matters is the kid is taking pills and she needs to confront the situation now

but dragging the police in, never a good idea if you can avoid it IMHO

i'd get the pills out of the house, destroy/discard them, she's the mom, she doesn't need to hold onto the pills as evidence in a court case, she needs to communicate with her son and get help for him if need be


dragging in the school is an even worse idea, could result in the kid being expelled and put in an alternative school and pretty much screwing over his life over what could have been a one time experiment or stupid mistake

websites that you can go to for pill ID. Is there anything written on the table, or any letters or symbols?

I have consulted several websites. I'm suspecting it to be street drugs.

I imagine you are guessing that these are manufactured by private illegal labs. Sorry. Hopefully someone here can help identify them.

there are private labs which will test it and report to you what it is, for a fee. The fees vary considerably. Also, there are online merchants selling at-home drug ID tests which can give you a general idea of what it is (i.e., whether or not it is illegal, and whether it is from the stimulant, sedative, hallucinogenic, etc. families.) If you want to go this route, I'd suggest googling "drug identification lab" or something along those lines.

Good luck.

the woman doesn't need to be holding an illegal drug for her neighbor, nor does the neighbor need to be holding onto her son's illegal drug for testing, they are not a police evidence room

they don't need to test the drug and know its chemical make-up to know there's a problem

if it's a harmless herbal thing from the health food store, fine, ask the son, he can laugh it off, and show them a bottle of like pills

no need for expensive "tests"

if it's something more, which i think it is, again, talking to the son is better than going behind his back, give a kid one chance okay?

and I can take it to him without casting suspicion upon myself. In addition, he would be more up-to-date with the drugs that are floating around our community.

P.S. He is an actual police officer, not a security guard. Our school and community did a great thing by putting an actual officer in every school, and splitting the pay between the district and the city.

i am holding out hope this can be handled quietly, most kids who try drugs are not going to turn into druggies unless every door is closed to them

hell i tried drugs enough and yet i probably haven't bothered with a drug that wasn't RX in 20 years

:-)

Sounds like you know what needs to be done. Our input is irrelevant.

i completely understand that, there are times when something comes out of nowhere and it could be life changing for this kid or this family, so you can't just sit on your hands

better to discuss on an anon bulletin board that get in a fight IRL

i think she'll handle it fine, she just needed to share

Not a plea for identifying a random pill.

curiosity and impatience, you know.... :)

The coloring is weird but that could be "branding." We used to get Ecstasy that was made in a "real" lab with a dolphin stamped on it.

maybe E mixed with something?

Back in the day, the only homeade pills were referred to as "ludes" and were downers/barbituate in nature. Sloppy type of buzz...not something I want to ever revisit...(I start to gag to this day when even opening medication that I know is in capsule form or shape...30 years later)

http://www.stopdrugs.org/idpills.html

and here:
http://www.sccja.org/csid%20pharm2.htm

Even though the colors are different, am thinking it's some sort of barbiturate

Also, a hotline to call where you can describe it, and maybe get an answer:
http://www.communityhelpcentre.com/Section%203/Section3page53.html

Or call Poison Control and ask

I can't believe people are suggesting going to the cops over a pill.

Where the hell am I?

:wtf:

there could be a reasonable explanation and if she's overly concerned she could have the pill tested or take him down to be drug tested. I've seen plenty of parents do that, but it does too much damage to a relationship, IMO.

Asking him upfront is the way to go, IMO. Well, that's what I'd do with my kid.

this is what a Concerta (ADHD med) looks like with its outer coating removed or washed away. It has an outer coating of brown, yellow or white.

After looking it up, the shape is consistent. Can anyone else confirm that this is what a Concerta looks like underneath the coating?