ABCNews reports:
“Eighty-two percent of seized cocaine contains levamisole, according to an April 2011 report by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. Why dealers would stretch their stash with levamisole instead of the more traditional fillers, like baking soda, is unclear, although studies in rats suggest the drug acts on the same brain receptors as cocaine. So it might be added to enhance or extend the cocaine’s euphoric effects on the cheap.
Despite the widespread contamination, not all of the country’s cocaine users experience the flesh-rotting reaction. ”
Well, that’s a comfort, what with the holiday weekend coming up.
Oh for the 80s when all you had to worry about was laxatives in your cocaine! *snicker*
Drugs are unhealthy and so are the additives–no surprise there!