NC Company to Sell New Drug Identification Technology

An ongoing problem for police, both at roadside stops and in raids, is whether the “mysterious white powder” is illegal – and just exactly what is it? There are field tests for some of the common illegal substances, like cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine. However, prescription drug abuse is on the rise, and after a tablet is ground into a powder, all identifying marks are lost. Furthermore, police would like to know if the power is something else – perhaps an explosive or poison of some sort.

Centice is a company that had a solution to offer. They started out selling portable spectroscopy equipment designed for scientists and those in the medical community to identify drugs and chemicals. But that market isn’t as attractive as the possibility of selling the same units to policing agencies across the nation.

In North Carolina, for example. The company’s home state. According to their website, the company has a product ready to go. They’ve been talking to police agencies in Florida and Georgia already. At just over $13,000 a pop, the MFL-3000 analyzes prescription pills and other controlled substances at the scene. This is a major leap forward for police agencies that now have to await a formal laboratory identification to figure out baking soda from powdered ecstasy.

Another advantage comes by way of designer drugs. The machine can be updated with new drug entities “on the fly,” although it comes with a database of 3,000 items already. That means flexibility unknown up till now in the street-level drug identification business.

According to another source, the 17 employee company recently borrowed 2.3 million for manufacturing and the sales push. Expect to hear more from a courthouse near you soon.

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