COKE AND ECSTASY SCRAMBLE DNA: DOCS

[Guest guest]

I'd be interested to know if synthetic growth hormone given to masses

of short kids in US scrambles the DNA. I just watched a documentary

on it. They can inject it 6 days a week to grow fast. Nicky

 

theeagle-l , " Robert Lederman "

<robert.lederman@w...> wrote:

NY Post

COKE AND ECSTASY SCRAMBLE DNA: DOCS

 

Reuters

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December 6, 2003 -- ROME - Cocaine and " ecstasy " not only cause

addiction

and raise the risk of cancer, but also provoke genetic mutations,

Italian

scientists said yesterday.

" Cocaine and ecstasy have proved to be more dangerous than we had

imagined, "

said Giorgio Bronzetti of the National Center for Research.

 

" These drugs, on top of their toxicological effects, attack DNA,

provoking

mutations and altering the hereditary material, " he said. " This is

very

worrying for the effects it could have on future generations. "

 

Ecstasy and amphetamines have overtaken cocaine and heroin as the

fastest-growing global narcotics menace, the study said.

 

The CNR report said animal tests had shown a direct relationship

between

ecstasy and cocaine intake and the harmful effects on DNA.

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