Thanks Lilienthal, I figured you would have the final word. The MP is right, and the pharmacology is right, so I am assuming that aforementioned acquaintence is indeed in possession of that rare 'crystallized' DPT freebase. Perhaps refrigeration or freezing combined with prolonged storage? Who knows!
If it looks like a duck, acts like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it must be a duck.