Unscrupulous dealers have taken to putting Levamisole into the cocaine they’re selling in order to increase their profits. Obviously they should cut out using this crap cut because it is causing users to get sick. Levamisole is a chemical substance that is used by pig and hog farmers use to de-worm their animals, and it is also used to try and manage infestations of internal parasites in freshwater fish – in aquariums).
This poisoning risk affects people who’re snorting or shooting coke cut with Levamisole to such a dangerous degree that public health officials in Alberta, Ontario and B.C. have taken to making a public health warnings when Levamisole tainted coke is turning up in communities. News reports from Seattle in Washington State say this garbage is found in crack also and it nearly killed several people there.
A public health researcher named Donald Legatt recently made a presentation to the 11th International Congress on Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Clinical Toxicology regarding Levamisole and other cocaine cutting agents.
Upon request, Dr. Legatt provided us with a copy of his presentation. It is quite comprehensive and luckily its fairly down to earth and readable for those of us who aren’t ourselves scientists. It has a lot of basic info about cocaine cut and other stats about cocaine use in Canada.
Please download Dr. Legatt’s presentation entitled Cocaine Cutting Agents in .pdf format here.