With the recent Regina Kelowna cocaine bust one blog reader commented on the cutting agents the police found. It didn’t say what the cutting agent was but they sent me a few links on common cutting agents used in cocaine to water it down to make more money.
Everyone knows that cocaine is stepped on or cut with other chemicals to stretch it allowing the drug dealers to make more money. One of the common cutting agents for cocaine and now crack is Levamisole. Levamisole is used to deworm cattle. However in humans it suppresses the immune system and creates flesh eating disease. ABC News posted some pictures.
WUSA 9 claims that the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology profiles six cocaine users who have developed patches of rotting flesh on their ears, nose, and in some cases, their entire body. The study concludes that it's caused by using cocaine that's been cut with the drug, Levamisole. One anonymous commenter on another blog claimed Levamisole is commonly used in Vancouver for cutting crack because it is hard to detect and doubles their money.
The blog reader who sent me these links was a long time former drug user who said people need to know how bad this stuff is. Indeed they do. This is yet another reason we shouldn’t be handing out free crack pipes. It is a heath violation. We might as well be handing out free Dixie cups for people to drink Drano so they don’t catch a cold from sharing a Dixie cup. Drinking Drano is worse that getting a cold. Crystal meth is made from Drano. In Surrey addicts are throwing crack pipes everywhere including in stores where people buy food along with their used needles because they know the government will give them a new one. That is a public health hazard.
They don't get a new needle jack ass unless they bring in the old used ones, alot of info and comments on this blog are straight up b.s. Anyone with half a brain needs to take what is said here with a large pinch of salt.
ReplyDeleteThat is a lie. That was the original intent. Needle exchanges used to be exchanges. You hand in a used dirty needle, you get back a new clean needle. Now they just hand out free needles and they end up everywhere. Just like the free crack pipes. Those were never exchanged. They have always just handed out free crack pipes. Now those are ending up everywhere as well. Regardless, Levamisole is a common cutting agent in crack and it does give people flesh eating disease. Those are the facts.
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