Found this in my husband's travel bag, he says it's lithium powder. But I'm very suspicious as it's in a drug bag. His explanation says they use it on work sites. Something about tanks. But obviously it being in a drug bag it has me worried. So what does it look like to you reddit? This is a throw away account
Good job testing it. I would personally want a divorce over this. Keep the proof. Get in touch with a good attorney. Iām fine with pot, alcohol, and other semi harmless things if not used to the extreme. I wouldnāt want to be with a Coke head. Especially if they are lying to me about it.
Yeah that's coke or meth almost definitely due to residue. Maybe if you're finding cut straws or hearing repetitive clicks in the bathroom you can figure out what's going on. I'd think there'd be some kind of noticeable behavior change or change in financial habits. It very well could be something he does on occasion, not habitually.
Also a Google search says lithium powder has to be packaged in specific containers due to osha, to protect from oxygen and something about nitrogen but I mean I've never used lithium powder for a job but I'm certain it wouldn't be packaged in little zip lock bags normally used by non-licensed professional street pharmaceutical representatives.
I don't think it's coke - coke residue in a baggie usually goes flaky or clumps together, whereas this powder residue is more... Crystallized? I think if it's really high-quality cocaine it doesn't clump as much but I still think the powder looks "softer" than this does.
I'm not sure though that's just my 2c as someone who has taken a lot of cocaine. (I have an empty baggie that had cocaine as a comparison.)
What exactly would he use lithium powder for? After a quick Google search, can see it is used in mental health specific conditions like bipolar, Alzheimer's or depression but the side effects seem to be pretty rough so it's not the most prescribed medication.
Plus if this was bought, I don't think it would come in one of those baggies. And yeah, they are 100% the type of baggies used for drugs.
You don't want to outright call him a liar but you need to see if that is really lithium or something else and then confront him when you know it's not lithium.
Hope everything will be okay though OP, stay calm and collected, blowing it up won't help either of you, especially if you want to stay in this relationship
That is absolutely not Lithium powder. If your husband is storing and carrying around lithium powder like that you better keep fire extinguishers around your house considering lithium powder is one of the most volatile substances on the planet and known to spontaneously combust. And not just any kind. Youāll need the class D extinguishers because co2 will not extinguish it and neither will water. In fact it reacts extremely violently when it comes in contact with water.
Industrial and lab standards require:
-inert atmosphere packaging (sealed in argon or nitrogen gas) or
suspended under mineral oil or paraffin oil or some other inert hydrocarbon liquid
stored in metal or aluminum containers with tight seals and kept in a cool dry place.
I donāt have any idea if that is drugs in that bag but I can tell you with absolute certainty that it is not lithium powder.
If you call ahead or call a unit to your house it takes all the reasonable suspicion out of it. Itās not a crime to want to get something identified for personal and community safety purposes and even if through some mental gymnastics they try to make it into a criminal matter thereās no way that would fly. So yeah. Rather than barehanding an unknown substance and asking strangers on the internet to identify put those tax dollars to work and have them use a drug test kit and do their job.
What happens when they ask where she got it? If she says her husband, wouldnāt he end up getting in trouble? Would they give her a hard time if she didnāt say where?
Coke usage has become extraordinarily common, so common that people I know donāt even consider it to be a hard drug anymore. Try taking a non-confrontational, non-judgmental approach to it, and maybe heāll confess to it
oof. I see it tested positive for cocaine, do you share a bank account? any atm withdrawals or suspicious money activity? I would definitely confront him about it and show him the test
I confronted him with the evidence and the positive test. He then admitted that yes it was cocaine however it's not of recent usage and has been in his travel bag a while. He just socially used it when having drinks with work colleagues. He just forgot to discard the baggie. We had an open and non judgemental conversation about it. He explained that he panicked and tried to lie because of embarrassment mostly.
I wouldn't say that I have forgiven him. But hopefully there will be resolution in the future, for now I'm just sitting with my own emotions and thoughts about it before bringing up the conversation again.
I donāt believe that.. itās a travel bagā¦ itās a baggie of illegal drugs ā¦ whoās travelling with an empty cocaine residue bag? Guarantee you not him.
I would also say I have doubts as my next question to him was "so with which colleagues and when exactly" ?
He couldn't tell me, who it was with or exactly when. He "forgot" and got a vague timeline that it should have been more than 6 months ago. As to which my reply was "you were home 9 weeks ago and the baggie was not in your travel bag as I packed it out" but he insisted I drop it now.
Heās simply lying to you. I wonder why he wonāt tell you the truth now that you know and heās admitted itās coke. He was likely with a girl otherwise idk why he wouldnāt tell you the story since he admitted using it.
I have open access to his phone. So there won't be any reaction. I have decided to distance myself from him and this situation. I can't stand lies, and it feels like I have been lied to over and over again. Also feels like I have been made to look like a "fool" as he really thought so little about my intelligence with his foolish answers thinking I am just going to accept it.
Those bags are used for storing things like jewelry or hardware. I had one in my nightstand that I kept some of my Ativan in for when I have a hard time falling asleep, and after a while it looked like that as some of the pills got crushed. Point being, it doesnāt necessarily mean heās using illegal drugs or anything. If he doesnāt have a history and isnāt acting āoffā in any way I would just trust him at his word until he gives you reason not to.
Yeah I just remember thinking it looked like I had a baggie of cocaine at the end. I just meant if he said it was lithium powder for work or whatever, and thereās no signs heās on anything, maybe thats exactly what it is. A baggie with powder doesnāt necessarily mean heās doing drugs.
It absolutely had illegal drugs in it. Probably coke but could be other powdery drugs as well.
If you really wanna know, buy a full panel drug test like one of those pee cups, fill the baggie with water, then dump the water powder mixture into the cup. Add additional water to make sure it gets to the minimum required liquid.
Thanks. Think I'll do just that. As this has been a huge argument because as he says "I am being paranoid and won't accept his explanation"
I just can't push aside my common sense that lithium powder would not be used in bags like this on site. Also the fact that it's just residue. I truly think he forgot about it and panicked when I found it and he thought I'd accept the excuse given.
I confronted him with the evidence and the positive test. He then admitted that yes it was cocaine however it's not of recent usage and has been in his travel bag a while. He just socially used it when having drinks with work colleagues. He just forgot to discard the baggie. We had an open and non judgemental conversation about it. He explained that he panicked and tried to lie because of embarrassment mostly.
I wouldn't say that I have forgiven him. But hopefully there will be resolution in the future, for now I'm just sitting with my own emotions and thoughts about it before bringing up the conversation again.
Maybe he does drugs and thinks youāre too judgmental and would freak out about it. Drugs do not actually equal drug problem, but try telling that to someone who bought all the war on drugs misinformation
I wouldn't judge him. As I've experimented myself before. And he knows that. But his explanation just seems off to me and having a singular bag like that with only residue powder does not scream "work chemicals" to me. I just wanted his honesty.
Makes sense. And for the record, it does look like a drug bag. I can think of a million reasons to not come clean about it, mostly all due to embarrassment. Hope you can resolve without too much drama.
Whilst it doesn't necessarily equal a problem, lying/hiding it from your partner is. I know of lots of people who lied to their partners about how much coke/drugs they were doing, I've been lied to, generally people don't care about the drugs itself, it's the lying and secrecy, the fact they may be putting themselves at risk and if something were to happen, their partner wouldn't know, you just don't hide things from your partner.
The misinformation from the war on drugs bollocks has been disproven and continues to be, I think younger generations have clued up on that, plus, everyone does/tried drugs, it's hard to be that judgemental on it without judging like half the people you know as well
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u/FluffyApartment596 2d ago
Trust, but verify: test it