Cocaine Being Mixed With Animal Drug Can Scar For Life
Thursday, Sep. 15th 2011 6:40 AM
Cocaine is one of the most used illegal substances. So much so that cocaine “cut” with byproducts is rampant and in a new report, it seems that cocaine is now being diluted from its pure form with levamisole, a cheap and widely available drug used to deworm livestock. Considering the rampant use, this could result in a tremendous health epidemic in the United States. The U.S.
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