Most Cocaine cut with de-worming drug
Cocaine’s a hell of a drug, and even more so when laced with another drug that’s commonly used to deworm opossums. Federal agents have found that 69 percent of cocaine shipments seized entering the United States contain levamisole, a veterinary drug linked to serious weakening of the immune system in humans. Here’s the real funny part: no one knows why.
This comes from a recent report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on the immune system condition, known as agranulocytosis. The paper tracks 21 cases from New Mexico and Washington State linked to cocaine, including one death, but cautions that many more cases have probably gone under the radar of public health officials.
Found by Kerry Lutz.
Animby you missed the point completely. Greg said make it as safe as possible, not as quick as possible, and he didn’t say as easy as possible either. Making murder safer might include issuing nerf guns to murderers or just getting them to therapy before they kill.
You accuse Greg of bad logic but you are guilty of not understanding what you read.
>> Animby said, on December 22nd, 2009 at 11:05 am
>> Greg – Would that extend to: “People are gonna kill people, anyway, might as well give them guns to make it as quick as possible”?
Fair enough. You are making the “logical extension” argument which has its limit when it come to the real world and especially social issues.
The thing is — killing someone else is a very different moral issue than abusing oneself.
This touches on the legalized drug issue. I think you can make a pretty compelling logical extension from alcohol to pot.
But I (and I would guess a whole lot of people) have a harder time making that extension all the way to crack or meth. They just seem very different.
Greg Allen – Despite what MicroCephalus suggests, I did not accuse you of bad logic and, in fact, I agree with you about legalizing drugs (for the most part – personally I think decriminalizing is a better plan). Not a user but I think the bans on MJ are ridiculous. Pot is not safe in abusive use but, then, neither are the drugs alcohol and tobacco which are freely available and possibly more damaging. Harder drugs, I am less benign towards. But I still favor decriminalizing them and making them or a less damaging substitute available on prescription as this allows a medical pro to evaluate the user and the drug’s consequences. But, best of all, this cuts out a lot of criminal activity. I know my suggestion is naive. In my mind, I live in a better world.