ANALYSIS OF FORENSIC SAMPLES OF “ECSTASY ” TABLETS SEIZED IN NOVI SAD DURING THE 2004 YEAR

The paper presents results of the analysis of illicit synthetic drugs in the form of tab-lets distributed under the name “Ecstasy”, seized by the police in the broader area of Novi Sad 2004. A huge number of tablets has been analyzed (n=121), of various colours and with impressed symbols from the total amount of 93 seizures, which totally amount-ed to 1458 tablets. Regarding the number of seizures ecstasy (3,4-methylendioxy-N-meth-yl-amphetamine – MDMA) is dominant among all, and according to the quantity of seized tablets it is amphetamine (AP), while other amphetamine-type drugs (methamphetamine – MA, 3,4-methylendioxiamphetamine – MDA, 3,4-methylendioxi-N-ethyl-amphetamine – MDEA) have been found in rather small quantities and very rarely. Tablets mostly con-tain caffeine as an additive. In the analytical procedure, the samples of tablets were subjected to liquid-liquid ex-traction and afterwards analyzed on the GCD (GC-EI) Hewlett-Packard instrument. The method is fast, reliable and reproducible for the analysis of amphetamine, metham phe-tamine, MDA, MDMA, MDEA, as well as various additives in the samples of seized tab-lets