Share of Cost: Levamisole-Contaminated Cocaine Triggers Decaying, Dying Skin
Wednesday, Oct. 5th 2011 6:40 AM
If the obvious reasons for avoiding recreational drug use aren’t off-putting enough, physicians have yet another detrimental consequence to add to the list – crusty, purplish areas of dead skin that are extremely painful and can open the door to nasty infections. The condition is called purpura.
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