{"id":34192,"date":"2019-07-04T04:58:06","date_gmt":"2019-07-04T04:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/?p=34192"},"modified":"2019-07-04T04:58:06","modified_gmt":"2019-07-04T04:58:06","slug":"cocaine-can-rot-your-skin-and-genitals-as-drug-is-cut-with-dangerous-cattle-de-wormer-experts-warn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/?p=34192","title":{"rendered":"Cocaine can ROT your skin and genitals – as drug is cut with dangerous cattle de-wormer, experts warn"},"content":{"rendered":"

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COCAINE customers are being cautioned their scalp and genitals could ROT away because the drug is being laced with dangerous cattles de-wormer.<\/p>\n

Around two thirds of the Class A narcotic smuggled into Britain is cut with levamisole, which is fed to kine and horses.<\/p>\n

\"\"This woman, who had been taking cocaine laced with de-wormer levamisole , noticed the skin on her face had begun to rotBMJ CASE REPORTS <\/p>\n

The news comes as The Sun launchings its End Of The Line campaign<\/a> to raise awareness of the devastating effect the narcotic can have on customers’ mental and physical health.<\/p>\n

Cocaine use has doubled in the UK over the last five years<\/a>, and use among young people is surging, with 20 per cent of the members of 16- 24 -year-olds taking it in the last year.<\/p>\n

Cocaine used to arrive in the UK from South America in pure form, but drug gangs now cut the product before it is shipped.<\/p>\n

Levamisole is cheap in countries such as Colombia and Venezuela and acts as a stimulant so it’s easy to masquerade to users.<\/p>\n

Have you or your family been affected by cocaine? Tell us your story by emailing endoftheline @thesun. co.uk<\/p>\n

It was used to treat arthritis and bowel cancer in the past, but it was banned for employ by humen in 2000. <\/p>\n

This was due to the severe side effects, including damaging white blood cells so badly that it induces skin rotting.<\/p>\n

Now, it’s only supposed to be used in veterinary medicine to kill parasitic worms.<\/p>\n

But there have been a number of reported cases where people have been left with rotting scalp after taking cocaine that’s been mixed with the chemical.<\/p>\n

Rotting away \"\"A man in Colombia whose ear had turned black and started to die after his blood was poisoned by the chemical laced drugBMJ CASE REPORTS \"\"In another Colombian case, this person’s stomach turned black and was rotting awayBMJ CASE REPORTS <\/p>\n

Doctors in Colombia published a report in BMJ Case Reports<\/a> of 11 patients who had all take cocaine-levamisole that had caused parts of their face, limbs, buttocks and stomach to rot away.<\/p>\n

For three of them, the blood furnish to the genitals had been cut off- causing the scalp to turn black and die.<\/p>\n

The group were aged between 31 and 39, nine of them were men and all of them had been using cocaine for more than two years.<\/p>\n

Experts said that cases had risen due to the use of cocaine mixed with the chemical, and as well as the skin concerns, they likewise mentioned seam and lung conditions.<\/p>\n

They were treated with steroids and after ceasing medications, all of the patients were able to recover.<\/p>\n

\"\"A 68 -year-old woman from Texas, USA, went to doctors with a red blood blister on the end of her nose having taken cocaine that had been cut with the veterinary medicineBMJ Case Reports \"\"She had these huge blisters all over her forearm which were dark and painfulBMJ Case Reports Hair-raising <\/p>\n

In another case, a 42 -year-old woman went to see her doctor in the Netherlands complaining of ulcerating sores on her legs and face.<\/p>\n

She persistently denied substance abuse but after testing her whisker for toxins, medics detected she had been taking cocaine cut with levamisole.<\/p>\n

In another instance, in Texas, USA, a 68 -year-old woman went to physicians with a blood-filled blister on the end of her nose while her forearms and face were covered in fleshy sores.<\/p>\n

Tests exposed she had been taking cocaine laced with levamisole and doctors diagnosed her with vasculitis- an inflaming of the blood vessels.<\/p>\n

She was told to stop using the stimulants and her precondition clarify matters in six months.<\/p>\n

\"\"One man’s penis was left rotting and had turned black after “hes taking” drugs laced with the chemicalbmj case reports<\/p>\n

Demise Of The Line<\/p>\n

Cocaine use is reaching epidemic tiers in Britain, with the UK branded the’ Coke capital’ of Europe.<\/p>\n

Use has doubled in the last five years, and with young person the numbers are even worse.<\/p>\n

A staggering one in five 16 -to-2 4-year-olds have taken cocaine in the last year.<\/p>\n

That’s why The Sun has launched its End Of The Line campaign, calling for more awareness around the drug.<\/p>\n

Cocaine use can cause mental health problems such as feeling and paranoia, while physicians have associated the rise in cheap, potent coke to an increase in suicide rates.<\/p>\n

People from all saunters of life, from makes and labourers to luminaries like Jeremy McConnell- who is backing our campaign- have fallen fouled of its lure.<\/p>\n

It’s an issue that is sweeping the UK and, unless its tackled now, entails a mental health crisis is imminent.<\/p>\n

Dr Sarah Jarvis, GP and clinical director of Patient.info<\/a>, says people need to know about the risks they are taking in order to use coke.<\/p>\n

She said:” When you buy recreational drugs, you’re not just putting yourself at risk from the medicine itself.<\/p>\n

” Unscrupulous drug dealer often’ cut’ their stimulant with other, cheaper products to enhance their earnings still further. And they don’t care how dangerous those other products are.<\/p>\n

” Levamisole is one such product- it’s used to deworm cattle but used to be used to treat cancer in humen before it was taken off the market because of safety concerns. “It can cause complete collapse of your immune structure and even induce your scalp to rot.<\/p>\n

” There is no cure for either of these side effects- people simply have to be admitted to hospital and given therapy to try and prevent life-threatening complications.”<\/p>\n

Politicians have previously forewarned over the dangers of levamisole-laced cocaine building its course to the UK.<\/p>\n

Lib Dem MP and former Crime Prevention Minister, Norman Baker, told The Sun in 2014:” Those who choose to use cocaine and think they know what they’re doing are playing Russian Roulette with their lives.<\/p>\n

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Mental health support line: 0300 304 7000 <\/p>\n

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“They have no idea what is in them. Who craves cattle dewormer up their nose? ”<\/p>\n

Almost all cocaine and crack sold on the street is diluted by at least one of other chemical, studies have shown.<\/p>\n

They are often local anesthetics such as benzocaine, lidocaine and phenacetin, but can also include paracetamol or lactose.<\/p>\n

\"\"Another case check person or persons with dark symbols embracing their legs and back after taking cocaine cut with dewormerBMJ CASE REPORTS \"\"One woman had open ulcers on her legs that wouldn’t heal but denied she was taking drugsBMJ CASE REPORTS<\/p>\n

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Read more: thesun.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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