"The injection-drug user arrived at the northern Ontario hospital complaining of weakness in his arms and legs, and admitting that he had just experimented with an unlikely new high. The man had blended cocaine with the anti-depressant Wellbutrin and shot it into what he thought was his jugular vein.
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In fact, the patient had hit the artery running through his vertebrae, with disastrous results. The anti-depressant can have an alarming, tissue-destroying effect when injected, and an emergency MRI showed that his brain stem and spinal cord were turning “to mush.”
As the neurological havoc began to permanently shut down the patient’s body, he remained conscious and aware — “most people’s nightmare scenario,” noted Dr. James Truong, an emergency physician at North Bay Regional hospital. The man asked to be taken off life support, and died soon after."
http://www.nationalpost.com/m/wp/bl...-using-anti-depressant-wellbutrin-to-get-high
This is written using inflammatory language for effect it seems, but you get the point...