and that the remaining blue tablets did not contain a controlled substance.
The defendant's mother testified for the defense and stated that both she and the defendant worked in 1977 as sales representatives for a water-softening company. She testified that the blue and black box recovered from the defendant's home appeared to be one of the kits that each received for their water-softening demonstrations. The witness compared that kit with her own and stated that the defendant's kit was missing some of the original contents and contained additional items that she did not recognize. She admitted that the *146 kits they had been given had not contained cocaine or any other controlled substance.
The defendant testified in his own behalf. The defendant stated that he first began to use drugstrip. He further stated that he had used one packet before his arrest.
The defendant said that the only cocaine he possessed at the time of his arrest was contained in the 1/4-gram packets purchased for his trip to Arkansas. He claimed he never saw the large bag of cocaine until Officer Darcy confronted him with it and threatened him with a Class X felony charge unless he implicated William Hahn as his supplier. Furthermore, the defendant denied keeping any drugs or money in his water-softening kit. He stated that the kit was kept under the bathroom sink and that he had not touched it in years. The defendant also testified that the money confiscated during the search was kept in a bedroom dresser, that half of the money