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Recent findings reveal that some laced cocaine likely contains levamisole, a veterinary drug used for de-worming livestock, that will make your flesh rot off.

According to the Department of Justice, some 70 percent of cocaine (most of it distributed in and around New York and L.A.) is cut with levamisole. Time reports that the average user “does not live longer than two or three years, and the few who manage to quit usually come away disfigured.”

Gawker.com Reports:

A new report being published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology finds six patients who “developed purple-colored patches of necrotic skin on their ears, nose, cheeks and other parts of their body,” apparently thanks to levamisole-cut coke. And, they say, that’s just “the tip of the iceberg in a looming public health problem”!

Read More At Gawker.com

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mr_rightnowww/ mr_rightnowww

    crack dealers need to study how the tobacco companies do business. you only want to kill your customers off after 30 years or so, not 2 or 3 yrs.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jazzwatch/ jazzwatch

    If this s**t don’t STOP people from DESTROYING themselves, then NOTHING will…….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jazzwatch/ jazzwatch

    Yeah…these mongers advertise the DANGER of this crap and STILL make money from it……

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BakkByPopularDemand/ BakkByPopularDemand

    my my…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MS_SC69_1/ MS_SC69_1

    OMG whats going on.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/franknitty410/ franknitty410

    i smoke weed….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BENTLEY_VAN/ BENTLEY_VAN

    wow now thats funny one there

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MZ_KNIGHTOWL/ MZ_KNIGHTOWL

    IM THINKIN COCAINE USERS WHO WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS WONT KNOW QUICK ENOUGH,,,THEN WERE GONNA GET PPL SAYIN, WELL THEN I GUESS THEY SHOULDNT HAVE BEEN DOING IT IN THE FIRST PLACE,,,BUT I GUESS WERE ALL GONNA SEE REAL SOON WHOS BEEN USING IT AND WHO HASNT, WHEN WE START SEEING THE SIGNS,,,I HOPE I DONT SEE IT IN ANYONE I KNOW,,,=/

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/germandog21/ germandog21

    Damn…..Some mofos will smoke straight up ARSENIC if they think they might get the best high!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BENTLEY_VAN/ BENTLEY_VAN

    wow cocaine and crack((cocaine/baking soda)) some crack heads would tell you base and crack
    taste different base is no different then crack its just the name is different “crack //base”
    base is short for freebase which is crack , crack doesnt go by the name because the taste of it
    it goes by that name because the sound of it when the cocaine mix with baking soda is lit
    it makes the crackling sound

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BENTLEY_VAN/ BENTLEY_VAN

    wow cocaine and crack((cocaine/baking soda)) some crack heads would tell you base and crack
    taste different base is no different then crack its just the name is different “crack //base”
    base is short for freebase which is crack , crack doesnt go by the name because the taste of it
    it goes by that name because the sound of it when the cocaine mix with baking soda is lit
    it makes the crackling sound and the base head that told me had to be a stupit dummy for that one thats why her brain cells being destroyed by it

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/HBlackNY/ HBlackNY

    Sounds like population control to me

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/2Queens11434/ 2Queens11434

    This is another perennial story that comes out every year especially in chocolate cities… we got the same news in upstate NY, but this time it was about rat poison in heroin packaged as “Family Matters.”

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mypinion/ mypinion

    I am sorry but drug addicts are sc** and they are a great destruction on society and especially our community. If your foolish to ingest poison then you get what you get. It is killing them anyway just slower.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Carl-Collins/100000323563811 Carl Collins

    OMG! Crack Heads in Baltimore Maryland will be eaten Alive!!!!!

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jazzwatch/ jazzwatch

    And these serpents could add KOOL AID with it…….I just quote HOMEY and tell those murderers “I don’t think so”……..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/PeanutGalleryXT/ PeanutGalleryXT

    And this crack will bring out the Zombies from these dope heads.

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/TZYMRD5GD7T5UAWFYPEGFGUANA Jauharah

    Simple solution… don’t use illegal drugs; you will quickly be separated from your money, your job, your family, your mind and your freedom. Our communities need to take a stand and not only get the drug dealers arrested, but make sure they never return and no new ones pop up to take their place. Of course our communities won’t as long as those same drug dealers continue to keep giving token materialism to the communities (I swear they are the largest donors to church and church sponsored activities) and as long as they keep giving money and material possessions to their families.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mousey1685/ mousey1685

    lol

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_GOYEQ6MWXE2GC2PF3BMJPC5DTU blk-b-n

    They lacing that

  • Anonymous

    When such drugs are laced with chemicals you know not, you leave yourself wide open to the evil designer of these drugs. This is no accident. The evil ones who laced cocaine with this drug intended to cause such devastation. And don’t be surprised if such evil drug designers also work with their counterparts in the legal drug industry, for when you seek medical treatment for this flesh eating disorder, you have to pay more money which goes in their pocket. the kingdom of hate is a united kingdom, and all schemers and plotting wicked ones are on the same team.

  • Anonymous

    Yes

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jamhal/ jamhal

    I don’t think this news will scare crack heads away or the crack dealers. Once u sale your soul to the devil, its always hard to get it back. I just wish that governments could do make more positive moves than just talking about this virus eating up our societies, like arresting more artists (rappers, pop, dance or whatever) that encourage people to use drugs through their musics and videos. These artists works should be cencored and totally banned from public view. Why? Because recording artist contributes more to drug abusing. The government gain alot from these sales of hard drugs and sales from recording artists showcasing drugs so I don’t think they will pay any attention to my advice. Well….. I have added my voice to good reasoning. ALL HARD DRUGS KILLS

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VE23MEJMA3IAU5LD2AOLC7KO2Y Notmy Realname

    Someone or I could say, “Then just stop doing drugs, man” butt, I didn’t get clean & sober till it was my time to really look at myself and my destructive behavior.
    I doesn’t work that way.
    Either you get to the point where you’re truly able to see it all or you just keep on keepin on doing s**t till it totally f**ks up your life and/or kills you.
    I’m fortunate that I was able to get “there”.
    It’s been 28+ years C & S and, I never went back.
    I do “look” back because I don’t want to forget how f**ked up I was butt, to say, “Just quit” is unreasonable and only said by those who don’t know the real stories.
    I can only hope than more people can get clean.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_XPF4WKEQ7KDQKSI3Y2IYGB7LLA george_perry

    I am a former drug user (have been clean for about 15 years now). There is a very easy solution to this and that is to do what I did….. STOP USING THAT S**T…..all you are doing is making the dealers rich and killing yourself.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VE23MEJMA3IAU5LD2AOLC7KO2Y Notmy Realname

    It’s ignorant buttoned up a*****es like you who contribute to these problems.
    You very clearly know NOTHING whatsoever about what the world of the street is like.
    All you can do is move your disconnected mouth in self important bulls**t.
    You and those like you need to stay out of these discussions till you learn what really goes down, IF you are even able to learn.
    SD&STFU.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VE23MEJMA3IAU5LD2AOLC7KO2Y Notmy Realname

    OK, tell us how you “simple solution” works.
    You mean to tell us all that an addict can just put the s**t down and walk away?
    You need to find someone with a functioning mind read to you the definition of “addict/addiction”.

    There is no such think as a “simple solution” to doing drugs.
    Getting clean is a process which sometimes takes a long long time and sometimes NEVER happens.
    Stay out of this till you learn about it, if you are able to learn.
    Ignorant proselytizers such as you only add to the confusion of the gullible general population which makes everything even worse.
    Stay out of this, you know nothing.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Cheryl-Marion/100002080032427 Cheryl Marion

    I’M KEEPING IT REAL YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION THE CHOICE IS YOURS CHOOSE WISELY LOVE CHERYL

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Iwillbfree/ Iwillbfree

    HELL! Their lacing cigarettes with rat poison, so how come NEWSFUN won’t do a report on this drug!

    Smoking causes or worsens many diseases and damages almost every tissue and organ in the body. Smoking causes the vast majority of cases of lung cancer and causes or exacerbates many other diseases, such as lung diseases, diabetes, cancer, and diseases and conditions of the cardiovascular system including hypertension, blood clots, high cholesterol, and stroke. Smoking also increases the risk of certain complications of pregnancy and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).

    5.4 MILLION PEOPLE DIE PER YEAR FROM CIGARETTE SMOKE AND 850-950 DIE FROM SECOND HAND SMOKE!

    http://youtu.be/tFHk5z2czdk

    TOBACCO; THE BIGGEST DRUG ON THE PLANET!!!!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/innocent.odega Innocent Odega

    Better maybe they will stop using coke in the first place

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/cubsfan1973/ cubsfan1973

    Like Rick James said — Cocaine is one hell of a DRUG!!!
    I could care less for CRACKHEADS & Drug Dealers!!!
    They are the ones F*CKING THEIR LIVES UP WITH THE BULLSH*T!!!
    If anyone sticks up for these types of individuals YOU GET A MIDDLE FINGER ALSO!!!

    No love or sympathy for those who take these illicit substances!!! Because you have a brain and hopefully common sense to use it!!! And no one put a gun to your head to use or sell this SH*T!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/nanapeppa/ nanapeppa

    population control due to lack of SELF CONTROL

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/nanapeppa/ nanapeppa

    in the words of lupe fiasco, “…now bring it back, bring it back, bring it back, bring it back, bring it back, bring it back, bring it back, bring it back!”

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/nanapeppa/ nanapeppa

    and when you’re giving them a middle finger, tell ‘em i said to sit and spin on it!

  • http://twitter.com/iLoveyaLipszx #diyahbadaszzx

    U n everybody else in the dyin world

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_GVBPQYSBH3BJIE7UV5PLQEQRRU gaerhd

    People have been using levamisole for more than 8 years for cutting to add a more weight and a snowier look, There are many different brands that produce levamisole, I bet what happened was some dumbass distributor got his s**t from India from Leris, Anthelnil, or ELD just to save some money and it back fired, his ass better get to hiding unless hes already dead.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ZICFUCLNQ7QHQEM223WD7TWZ34 FedUpWithALLParties

    well I’m with Cubsfan1973 – living here in Chicago and seeing these thugs hanging around buying, smoking and selling drugs irks the shyt out of me because they will do it in the black neighborhoods, but won’t dare start with the shyt in the white neighborhoods. NOT ALL BLACK PEOPLE WANT TO BE AROUND THAT SHYT!! AND YES I AM INCLUDING MARIJUANA (sp?). To some it is no big deal, but when I see OUR people hooked on that crap and drop out of school, like the majority of the kids on my block have done and NOW the 10 year olds are around them, THEY ARE STARTING TO DO THE SHYT TOO! I hate them and hate them with a passion!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Jennyambition/ Jennyambition

    how da hell yall gonna knock sumbody for doin drugs…u don’t know them or what dey been through to turn to drugs ….sum ppl jus weak and need help…i quit on my own ….and not ashamed in no type of way…..u gotta live to learn….

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ZICFUCLNQ7QHQEM223WD7TWZ34 FedUpWithALLParties

    REALLY? “u gotta live to learn” Snorting.smoking coke, crack, pot, putting chemicals in your arm, probably with dirty ass needles, up your nose, up your ass, up your v****a , WHAT IN THE HELL WOULD I BE LEARNING ESPECIALLY FROM A DOPE HEAD: TO BE A BETTER ONE?

    I don’t want to hear the excuses! People go through shyt everyday – but they don’t go around doing drugs!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Chlorine1/ Chlorine1

    everyday :)

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MoAfrolicious/ MoAfrolicious

    Yes it boils down to the individual finally realizing that it on them to quit what ever is their greatest challenge, and yes they must hold themselves responsible untill they muster their God strength to quit.

    I however say WOE to those who knowingly distribute and sell such tainted drugs to the consuming public. That will be considered a premeditated ACT, in all it doing. Yes and they will have to answer for that to the Mighty Lord of Host. If a business knowingly sells tainted goods then its recalled by the Feds and the legimate authorities. So when tainted drugs hits the streets its done to further set back and destroy the communities that its distributed in, by the illegitimate forces who have an agenda to seek and destroy. If not the illegimate Feds and authorities can stop such practices from reaching the consumer.

    So yes I am not condoning drug use but at one time in the roaring 20′s, and others Cocaine and Marijuana was legal to buy here in America and Alcohol was prohibited.

    I send up prayers for all those who are struggling with addictions, knowing there are as much reasons why they are addicted as they are addicts. However my prayer is that they can find the God in themselves to forgive themselves and others so that they can heal. As the saying goes Death and Taxes are a must if we live in any society. My beef is with the willful act to kill and destroy that some in society perpertrate in order to hold power or fame.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mafio100/ mafio100

    Aww skit! Here it is, the Illuminati, the beginning of the zombie apocalypse….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/PrettyGap/ PrettyGap

    WELL HELL THAT IS A GREAT WAY TO KILL OFF THE WEAK ONES….IJS

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/churchgreenchoir/ churchgreenchoir

    Well, if that is not a reason to quit doing drugs, I don’t know what is!.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/flyvirgo77/ flyvirgo77

    And this is news?..cocaine been f**king over and disfiguring people before it was laced or wtf ever,in it’s hardened form…. CRACK!!!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Patsy-Brown/1344310283 Patsy Brown

    I sincerely doubt that our brothers and sisters smoking this. I blame our government for this, they tried to bring weed and crack cocaine in our neighborhood. And the funny thing about it is that more caucasian and latinos are smoking meth. than anything and that meth messes you up your skin. I seen lose teeth, one side of there face is gone. Because the meth eats at your skin. Now this?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/FireFighter62/ FireFighter62

    Hmmm …. Reason 10,967, NOT to do coke. However this does make it to the top 3

  • bignblack tyronne

    Of course black hands handling the cocaine, it can never be white people can it?
    Is it possible that the BP is becoming racist?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/78swagnut/ 78swagnut

    people still smoke crack???

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/78swagnut/ 78swagnut

    oh my bad its cocain so i guess people still use that!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BakkByPopularDemand/ BakkByPopularDemand

    I don’t really know that a drug user would care if it was flesh eating or not…..I mean I watch ‘Intervention’ and the USUAL effects of drugs make me shudder, and if that isnt working as a great ‘scare’ tactic then nothing will……

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BakkByPopularDemand/ BakkByPopularDemand

    You could have easily Just said NO….Thats what the MILLIONS of us NON users have done….*shrug*

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BakkByPopularDemand/ BakkByPopularDemand

    there is an even easier solution….DONT DO IT IN THE fIRST PLACE….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BakkByPopularDemand/ BakkByPopularDemand

    AGREED!!! If the rest of us can say no, thats not for me, then why cant everyone? We werent BORN drug users, its a CHOICE…I have no sympathy for wrong, destructive choices…..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BakkByPopularDemand/ BakkByPopularDemand

    Dang, this forum really brought out all the AA, NA folks!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_44UDGK42PNJVRWVS57IVEKMK2A Donald

    “Becoming” racist? They already are.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_QRVUNZ2GVPVXBYAOHEKY2SRDLY Harvette Ellington

    Let me guess, “Is this something that the gov’t put out as population control for the drug addicts?”

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Polyecletic/ Polyecletic

    YAY!, not only will crack kill you, but now it will eat you alive!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/TAmour/ TAmour

    Drug dealers are soliciting a younger and younger generation. What young person you know have self-control…especially teenagers. They are trying to define themselves and unfortunately getting into all kinds of harmful things in doing so. No matter if the parents are active or not.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1269850970 Anonymous

    I thought this was a good article until i got to the bottom where it says read more at gawker.com. i read the full article there and learned that they are talking about another drug in the article as well called krokodil that they are using over in Russia. The Author of this article Gerren Keith Gaynor took the first line in one paragraph and the first line in another paragraph to make his story more interesting. the people that are dying in 2-3 years are the ones using the krokodil not the cocaine users. Not the i am advocating the use of coke or anything. But he shouldnt be lying and changing the story around just to get web site visits.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/TAmour/ TAmour

    I am glad you mentioned the legal drug business being just as evil. Think about all the lawsuits that are due to major pharmaceutical companies designing drugs that can harm you if taken long-term…heck…some even in a short time period. Read the small print warning labels people…also being prescribed and injured by medicines that may have been administered to you for purposes not exactly approved.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Goodi/ Goodi

    In the words of the late great Ric James “Cocaine is a helluva drug”

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/James-Nowlin-Sr/100001541008732 James Nowlin Sr.

    WTF!!!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/2Queens11434/ 2Queens11434

    Giant asteroid to ‘narrowly miss’ Earth
    A newly discovered asteroid the size of an office block will narrowly miss the Earth on Monday – coming 23 times closer than the moon.

    “…The space rock will reach within 11,000 miles of the surface and give off a light bright enough to be seen through a small telescope, experts said today.

    It was only spotted on Wednesday by a robotic telescope in New Mexico that scans the skies for such hazards. An alert was then put out yesterday by the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center in Massachusetts. ..”

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sci...

  • Anonymous

    She alright, alright, alright: COCAINE. Find that song on U-TUBE.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Daquan-Farrington-Marquise/1784561223 Daquan Farrington Marquise

    rit!!!!!!!!!!!!!! if u smoked crack in 1985 u didnt know %100 wut u were getting into…
    but in 2011 its diffrent that makes u an idiot….. but people r juz very stupid

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Zack32NJ/ Zack32NJ

    this article is uncut nonsense

  • Ceasar Wheeler

    Cociane is not meant to be “cut”. Pure Cocaine will not make you overdose like Heroin will. On the other hand Heroin MUST be diluted. Pure Heroin will kill you. Heroin cut 95% is till good “chiva”. Anyone cutting bricks th”re-rocking” is nickel and dime dealer. Anyone buying it, needs a better connection.

    Disclosure: I did 6 years flat in prison for Cocaine distribution. I have not touched it in over 15 years. But, located in Texas Cocaine in pure form is plentiful since Mexico is our neighbor.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Carl-Collins/100000323563811 Carl Collins

    A friend of mine at work was selling large amounts of cocaine back in the 90′s and he tried to let me in on the action. I was not much of a salesman at all and gave over 95% of it away. About 6 months later he was arrested soon as we walked out the good after leaving work. The detective questioned me while he was being placed in hand cuffs and put in back of a police car. I never had any interest in selling drugs or using them after that. He got fired, his wife left him, lost several of his nice cars and his expensive lifestyle came to an end.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/marina24/ marina24

    thank you jesus i don’t get high or never did-i really feel sorry for the people who using

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Raymond-Caple/100001485960998 Raymond Caple

    Just reading this….and it scares me……Cocaine that eats right through flesh…..

    How Vincent Price can you get? Sounds like a something out of a horror movie. Really.

    I never did drugs…..I will never do drugs…..I know a lot of high school buddies that went to school with were into that s**t and they died from it(I know one of them who I went to school with is serving three consecutive life terms for murder while high on PCP and Cocaine/Angel Dust). They tried to drag me into it,but hell to the NO, I stayed the f**k away from that s**t as far away as possible. I’m also a school teacher,and I tell my kids daily….IF YOU SEE IT…DON’T F**K WITH IT!!……It’s sad to see people that you knew from back in the day on that s**t,and really self destructing themselves……Pretty girls who were “fly” back in the day have reduced themselves to s**t….it’s really sad.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CountofMonteCristo/ CountofMonteCristo

    Glad I never tried it. lol

    What did the one guy say? Cocaine is a helluva drug. Yeah, that one!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/iluvmesomeu40/ iluvmesomeu40

    I recommend all the crack/cocaine users to stop using.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/iluvmesomeu40/ iluvmesomeu40

    Thanks for keeping it real with the ppl it’s really killing our brothers and sisters no matter what race you are, If you do it “PLEASE STOP”!!!!

  • Mike Ock

    Good. I hope they ramp up production on cocaine, along with heroin, and marijuana. Kill all you dope fiends. I grow my own pot at home, so i don’t have to buy your f**kin poison street s**t.

    You’re all a bunch of filthy sc**bags.

  • Mike Ock

    I’m gonna buy some levamisole. Can’t wait to lace mass quantities of weed and drop bags of it on sidewalks in da hood. Lol

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