90-Percent of SF Cocaine Cut with Animal Deworming Medication

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According to San Francisco General Hospital, 90-percent of all patients who've tested positive for cocaine use have also tested positive for the animal deworming drug levamisole.

U.S. health officials first warned of the drug in September and the CDC just reported that 69-percent of all cocaine seized in the U.S. is tainted with it. While cocaine is often cut with other drugs to both increase its weight and potency, officials don't know why levamisole is being used.

The drug can cause agranulocytosis, which significantly reduces the number of white blood cells in the body causing fever, swollen glands, and painful sores around the mouth and anus. And women seem to be more affected by levamisole than men are.
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http://sfist.com/2009/12/29/90-percent_of_all_sf_cocaine_cut_wi.php

Gah!

[TexasObserver]

1. Yes, but their cokeheads are remarkably worm free.

[Nikki Stone1]

4. Duzy.

:D

[MH1]

2. Legalize, tax, and regulate

[Don Caballero]

3. +1

I agree 100 percent.