The sale of adulterated cocaine has already left at least 20 dead and 70 hospitalized in 8 hospitals in northwest Buenos Aires, according to local media. Victims’ families reported difficulty breathing, cardiac arrest and seizures.
The Argentine health authorities issued an epidemiological alert due to the consumption of the drug, which would have been adulterated with opiates. The Argentine state estimates that the number of deaths could still increase with the identification of new cases.
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Argentine police said they had arrested 10 people in the Tres de Febrero district, 40 km from Buenos Aires. The Argentine Public Ministry has asked anyone who has recently purchased cocaine to throw the drug away.
Beatriz Mercado told AFP she found her 31-year-old son lying on the kitchen floor and took him to hospital. “I found him lying on the floor. He was in very bad shape, barely breathing, with his eyes rolled back.”
“Every dealer who buys cocaine fractionates it. Some do this with non-toxic substances like starch. Others put on hallucinogens,” Sergio Berni, Buenos Aires security secretary, told the daily Clarín.
Berni also said that 7,000 doses of adulterated cocaine were removed from circulation and that it is consumed by all social strata.
Narcotics addicts can seek help from Psychosocial Care Centers for Alcohol and Drugs (Caps AD). In São Paulo, CAPS can be consulted at this address.
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