Warning of extra heart dangers from mixing cocaine and alcohol

Reported by guardian.co.uk on Monday, 9 November 2009 (on November 9, 2009)

A third chemical – cocaethylene – builds up in the liver over a number of years among those who mix the two drugs. And this is now having major health consequences"I first took coke when I was 18..

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