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To: algore
21 picograms? that is nothing, unless you are talking about LSD

I don't think that's enough for LSD. Minimum effective dose for LSD is on the order of single digit micrograms per liter of body volume. A picogram is a trillionth of a gram - that's a million times smaller.

I bet it's some kind of noise. To prove a detection at the picogram level requires a herculean effort to prevent contamination. A positive test at the parts per trillion level has to be repeated under stringent protocol and confirmed by a separate means before conclusion. Protocol alone doesn't prove the conclusion.

36 posted on 05/09/2021 8:51:51 AM PDT by no-s (Soap box, ballot box, jury box, cartridge box...you know how it goes...)
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To: no-s

How do you determine the body volume of a horse? The only way I can think of is to immerse the horse in water and see how much water is displaced. There would be a significant difference between the horse in an exhaled state vs. the horse in an inhaled state.

A more likely measurement is picograms per liter of blood or picograms per kilogram (mass of the horse).


61 posted on 05/09/2021 9:51:13 AM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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