# Cocaine adulterant may cause brain damage

**URL:** <https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/cocaine-adulterant-may-cause-brain-damage/879>\
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**Created:** [November 4, 2018, 2:01am UTC](https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/cocaine-adulterant-may-cause-brain-damage/879 "2018-11-04T02:01:55Z")\
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> **[Cocaine adulterant may cause brain damage](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181031101028.htm)**
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> People who regularly take cocaine cut with the animal anti-worming agent levamisole demonstrate impaired cognitive performance and a thinned prefrontal cortex. These findings from two recent studies indicate that levamisole could have a toxic effect...

  
People who regularly take cocaine cut with the animal anti-worming agent levamisole demonstrate impaired cognitive performance and a thinned prefrontal cortex. These findings from two recent studies indicate that levamisole could have a toxic effect on the brain. Drug-checking programs should therefore be expanded, argue the researchers.