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An outbreak of flesh-eating disease in Los Angeles and New York has been linked to cocaine that’s been cut with levamisole, a veterinary medicine used to deworm livestock. Levamisole is known to rot off human skin, especially—as these photos illustrate—around the ears and nose. The Russians don’t get to have all the flesh-eating narcotics fun. More at ABC News. WARNING: Gross. posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:16pm EDT

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    • Farrahsmom thinks Flesh-Eating Cocaine is WTF & Ew  about a year ago ×
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    • AlftheSacredBurro a year ago

      Cocaine’s a helluva drug…

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    • angha thinks Flesh-Eating Cocaine is Fail  about a year ago ×
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    • naomib a year ago

      drugs are bad mk

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    • Stuart C. thinks Flesh-Eating Cocaine is Ew  about a year ago ×
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    • sharkfighter a year ago

      Phew, I’m so glad I’m too poor for cocaine. Now, if you’ll excuse me I have to go see a man about a white horse.

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    • ELROD a year ago

      HA! That outta learn ‘em.

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    • brendonl thinks Flesh-Eating Cocaine is Ew, WTF & Fail  about a year ago ×
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    • Imahoot a year ago

      I refuse to look. But this is just another reason to not do drugs.

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    • microwavegasstationbeanburrito a year ago

      thats what they get for trying to snort it through their ears.

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    • Heihachi Mishima a year ago

      flesh eating cocaine + photos of rotting ears = YOU’RE DOING IT WRONG

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    • AdventureNeckbeard a year ago

      Some people really are desperate, especially if a drug rots your body…

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    • alex73191 a year ago

      i say they put more of that stuff into Cocaine. They’ll learn their lessons then.

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    • Rufina W. a year ago

      more flesh eating drugs wooo…..

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    • plemur a year ago

      I picked a bad day to quit levamisole.

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    • David Knebworthy a year ago

      Ba ha ha ha!!! AWESOME+!!!!! Do drugs, see what it gets you!! NO fucking pity, NONE!!! Tough shit!!! I love it!!! Ha ha ha ha ha!!!! Want to fuck up your life with cocaine? Hope this happens to ya!! Ha!!!!

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    • Dorsey Shaw a year ago

      Cocaine is bad 4 u

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    • Simon Dufour a year ago

      Darwin!

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    • Aaron C. a year ago

      Nice.

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    • nickrrrad a year ago

      (Obligatory)
      Cocaine; it’s a hell of a drug

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