Tainted Cocaine - Potentially Deadly Ingredient Levamisole Part 1
We've reported before of contaminated cocaine coming onto the market in the Unites States. Unfortunately, Levamisole has been showing up more often in our backyard of L.A.
In
June of 2010 contaminated cocaine came onto the market in the Unites States. In
Peru more than four tons of cocaine tainted with a milk enzyme that causes
necrotic tissue damage were seized at the airport in Lima. It is now estimated that almost 80%
of the cocaine coming into the USA includes a milk enzyme, "Levamisole,"
an anti worming agent used in barnyard animals, that also causes necrosis of
the flesh. Alright! Count me in!!!
Cocaine abusers are already at risk for:
- abnormal heartbeat
- blood pressure problems
- convulsions
- stroke
- psychological damage
Now cocaine users can add rotting flesh as yet another potential complication to the list of already numerous and fun side effects.
Last evening on NBC news, reports of this similar strain of Levamisole tainted cocaine were reported to have been found all throughout the southland of Los Angeles. News media outlets reported that 70% of cocaine was tainted with for this anti worming enzyme
Users
of cocaine should be advised that cocaine can never be considered safe or clean because 
the source cannot be accounted
for. It passes hands a number of times before it reaches your nose or veins and along
the way can have many, many encounters with the shadiest of people. Let's not
even mention muling.
In the Annals of Medicine, doctors form the University of Rochester Medical Center discussed two cases involving women with a past history of cocaine use who noticed purplish splotches on their cheeks, earlobes and other body parts. They showed positive for testings of Levamisole in their system. Used now as a medication for anti-worming in cattle and pigs, it was once used to treat cancer, autoimmune diseases and kidney problems in humans but was discontinued and is no longer approved for use in the United Sates because of these adverse side effects we have mentioned above.
Levamisole is mixed in with cocaine some say because it enhances the effects of the drug, producing stronger euphoric sensations and surges in energy in the user. Others say it is used to cut the drug and increase profits. Either way, if you use cocaine, you're getting Levamisole into your brain. This is a scary thought. Levamisole can also cause the death of the skin's outer layer causing a skin legion followed by tissue death and rot.
