I recently read a story about cocaine being laced with a dangerous veterinary drug. Honestly, is cocaine not dangerous enough already that the manufacturers of this stuff have to add yet another dangerous drug to the mix.
Apparently, drug manufacturers are feeling the effect of the down word spiral of the economy as well. The drug dealers are adding levamisole to give the drug a "more intense high." Adding this livestock de-worming drug allows the manufacturer to make more of the cocaine at a cheaper price but still sell it the same. The levamisole elevates opiate levels in various brain regions, like codeine and morphine," said Don LeGatt,a clinical toxicologist at the University of Alberta, which if you have ever had surgery, you know leaves you feeling pretty good.
The few drug addicts that have taken the laced-cocaine and have gone to the hospital to seek medical attention after experiencing rashes as well as other medical problems have left doctors confused. It is hard for doctors to test and treat something they know nothing about. There has been two reported deaths and atleast 100 more have had some symptoms from this.
I know that the economy has taken its toll on everyone around but do you really have to make a dangerous drug more dangerous, if that's possible. I know that it is the addicts choice to use cocaine and I am sure they know that non-laced cocaine can kill them. Hopefully, this will open the eyes of some of the addicts to seek treatment and get help. You never know what these manufacturers are putting in their "stuff."
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I know, isn't crazy, the things people will put in their bodies. I have heard that meth is even worse. That they use rat poison and everything else. I would think there would be better ways to get a rush, then putting poison into your body.
ReplyDeleteI don't mean to come across as totally cynical by any means, but I just can't muster up much sympathy for these people. It is very sad to me that they have chosen that lifestyle but they did just that- they chose. I realize that at a certain point, the addiction takes over and a user can't stop without some serious help, but what I've never understood is why start in the first place? We have more information than ever about the effects of drugs. I've never understood what clicks in a person's brain to make them take that first hit. Like Jason said, there has got to be a better way to get a rush than poisoning your body.
ReplyDeleteDespair can cause people to take the first hit. Pain--emotional, physical, mental--can get somebody to do a whole lot to get the pain to just _stop_, whether that involves drugs, alcohol, hurting themselves (i.e., cutting), or hurting others.
ReplyDeleteI don't condone it in the slightest, but I do understand why some people do it.
There will be a lot of your classmates over the course of your college years that get into something that hurts them in some way, mostly because they're unaware that there are counselors on campus for you guys to talk to. And they're free, for you--it's covered in your fees.
I think you covered very good reasons they are lacing cocaine. The economic part includes supply and demand. With methamphetamine taking over they have a more competitive drug when it is laced. Since the illegal drug world does not have to deal with passing FDA regulations they do not care if people die or get sick as long as they are selling more product. They will use anything that is cheaper than the product and easy to get a hold of.
ReplyDeleteI think anytime you put any sort of drug into your body you should know the dangers associated with taking that huge risk. The dealers are not concerned with their customers safety and the customer is probably only concerned with getting high. Therefore, the only way for this problem to be solved would be for people to just say no and then they would not have to worry about drugs being laced and harming their bodies.
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