From: (Steinn Gudmundsson)
Subject: Re: Clorox testing of cocaine
Date: 1996/02/04
newsgroups: alt.drugs.hard

In <4es1tm$7ot@newsbf02.news.aol.com> ms118d@aol.com (Ms118D) writes:

>Does anyone know how to use the clorox test to ascertain a rough idea of
>the purity of cocaine. As I remember, it has something to do with the
>length and color of trails which a small amount of coke dropped into a
>glass of clorox leaves. Any more info on this would be greatly
>appreciated.

The following is taken from the Clandestine chemistry FAQ
by Yogi Shan (http://hyperreal.com/drugs/misc) :

One of the more egregious examples of gross error in the
drug book realm, was the "Cocaine Consumer's Handbook" by
one David Lee (Berkeley, California:  And/Or Press, 1976).
In it, Mr. Lee flogged the notorious "Clorox [bleach] Test"
for cocaine.  This test, described in excruciating detail,
and complete with color photographs, purported to detect
not only eight different adulterants and diluents, but the
relative percentage purity of the cocaine itself.

Alas, several years later, the test was finally unmasked as
utter nonsense by PharmChem, a reputable Menlo Park, CA
street drug analysis organization.

Undeterred, Mr. Lee -- shameless scallywag and possible shill
for the Clorox Company -- came out in 1981 with a brand new
book, "The Cocaine Handbook:  An Essential [sic] Reference."
Alluding coyly to the PharmChem "controversy", Lee continued
to include the Clorox Test (now illustrated with black & white
photos), but added an equally useless "foil burn" test (with
color pics), along with the detailed procedure for home
manufacture of freebase ("crack") cocaine.

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