Health officials have warned drug users against cocaine being sold on the streets of Alberta. It could be laced with toxic and lethal material.
Seven people from different communities in Alberta have developed a condition known as agranulocytosis. It leaves patients unable to fight off infections.
The condition can also lead to death. Alberta Health authorities feel that levamisole, which is used to treat intestinal worms in humans and animals might have been mixed with cocaine.
According to Dr. Gerry Predy, Alberta's acting chief medical officer of health, the chemical might have been added to increase the weight of the cocaine. Thereby the peddlers would be able to get a better dollar value for cocaine.
The doctor also pointed out that since cocaine is not a legal product, it was difficult for them to find out where the contamination might have occurred.
Any patient having signs of an infection, a fever, skin sores or a bad cough should immediately consult a doctor.
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Like it or not, if criminal elements were not the ones in control of such a vast market, the government would know if there was something in it, and where it came from - in fact, it almost surely wouldn't be intentionally contaminated in the first place.
Nice work, ONDCP.
Poisoned Drugs
Interesting. This was reported days ago on Hal Turner's blog.
Seems Hal is always a few steps ahead of the rest. How he does it, no one knows. Thanks, Hal. Why wouuld I say 'poisoned' instead of contaminated or 'added to increase weight'? What drug dealer(s) in their right mind would deliberately add this stuff to their product? To ruin their business? To kill off their customers? To 'add weight' when there are probably commonly used substances used to cut the stuff? Wouldn't make any sense.