Community | November 08, 2009 | 11 comments

Cocaethylene studied: Cocaine, Alcohol mix to create toxic 3rd chemical

source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/nov/08/cocaine-alcohol-mixture-health-risks

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Drug addiction clinics say they are becoming increasingly concerned by the health risks associated with the chemical -- the only known example of the body forming a third drug following the ingestion of two others.

For not only is cocaethylene toxic in the liver, it is also blamed for heart attacks in the under-40s and a surge in social problems. But because so little is known about the drug...

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11 comments // Cocaethylene studied: Cocaine, Alcohol mix to create toxic 3rd chemical

  • SHAWN_RITTIMAN
  • sugarlilly
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  • cabinettags
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      cabinettags  

    • My days of tooting a line are decades back. I enjoyed coke back when I fooled with it, but the sucker is dangerous. Even though I did myself, I'd not recommend anyone do so. That's probably the reason why. Too much potential harm - too much money - too easy to get carried away. This is one of those drugs that it's really just better to steer clear of it. You want to chew a few leaves; that's one thing. But anything beyond that is folly.

      Stick with weed. That won't kill you.

    • 2 years ago
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  • cabinettags
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    • cabinettags:

      I'm Misinformed? Hello? Since before the time of Marco Polo not ONE fatality from marijuana use has EVER been reported. Are you familiar with the phrase "The pot calling the kettle black?"

    • 2 years ago
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    • cabinettags:

      Not one, you are correct. MORE than one.
      Thomas Geller, MD, Associate Professor of Child Neurology at the Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center, et al., wrote in their article "Cerebellar Infarction in Adolescent Males Associated with Acute Marijuana Use," published in Pediatrics in Apr. 2004:
      "Each of the 3 cannabis-associated cases of cerebellar infarction was confirmed by biopsy (1 case) or necropsy (2 cases)... Brainstem compromise caused by cerebellar and cerebral edema led to death in the 2 fatal cases."

    • 1 year ago
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