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In the vast pharmacopeia of illegal street drugs, few have as heinous a reputation as desomorphine, popularly known as crocodile or "krokodil." An opiate that's chemically related to morphine and heroin, krokodil earned its name in two ways: Addicts develop dark, scaly lesions on their skin, and the drug tends to eat its victims alive, like a crocodile.
Krokodil first surfaced in Russia several years ago, where users discovered the drug was much cheaper than heroin and could easily be cooked in a kitchen by combining codeine with gasoline, oil, alcohol or paint thinner, Fox News reports.
And now, krokodil has arrived in the United States: Two cases of people addicted to the drug have been reported in Arizona. "As far as I know, these are the first cases in the United States," said Dr. Frank LoVecchio, director at Banner Good Samaritan Poison and Drug Information Center in Arizona, as quoted by Fox News. "So we're extremely frightened."
Like other opiates, krokodil is powerfully addictive, and even those users who kick the habit often walk away severely disfigured: severe scarring, bone damage, amputated limbs, speech impediments, poor motor skills and varying degrees of brain damage — for life.....snip~
Deadly Flesh-Eating Drug Arrives in US
LiveScience.com – 9 hrs ago
This is not good. We have way to many people all up into Heroin. This stuff is suppose to be stronger than Morphine and Heroin. Its analgesic effect is 10 times greater than that of morphine. They were hoping that it would never reach here. It appears it started in Russia too. We have to get on top of this Right away. We cant have young kids getting this stuff.
One would think even Other Dealers wouldn't want this stuff out there. Thoughts upon the matter?
In the vast pharmacopeia of illegal street drugs, few have as heinous a reputation as desomorphine, popularly known as crocodile or "krokodil." An opiate that's chemically related to morphine and heroin, krokodil earned its name in two ways: Addicts develop dark, scaly lesions on their skin, and the drug tends to eat its victims alive, like a crocodile.
Krokodil first surfaced in Russia several years ago, where users discovered the drug was much cheaper than heroin and could easily be cooked in a kitchen by combining codeine with gasoline, oil, alcohol or paint thinner, Fox News reports.
And now, krokodil has arrived in the United States: Two cases of people addicted to the drug have been reported in Arizona. "As far as I know, these are the first cases in the United States," said Dr. Frank LoVecchio, director at Banner Good Samaritan Poison and Drug Information Center in Arizona, as quoted by Fox News. "So we're extremely frightened."
Like other opiates, krokodil is powerfully addictive, and even those users who kick the habit often walk away severely disfigured: severe scarring, bone damage, amputated limbs, speech impediments, poor motor skills and varying degrees of brain damage — for life.....snip~
Deadly Flesh-Eating Drug Arrives in US
LiveScience.com – 9 hrs ago
This is not good. We have way to many people all up into Heroin. This stuff is suppose to be stronger than Morphine and Heroin. Its analgesic effect is 10 times greater than that of morphine. They were hoping that it would never reach here. It appears it started in Russia too. We have to get on top of this Right away. We cant have young kids getting this stuff.
One would think even Other Dealers wouldn't want this stuff out there. Thoughts upon the matter?
That article sucks, because it points a junkie right to how to make it. And that's where the problem will start. Junkies making it for themselves.
Its not the first time I've seen enough clues in a news article to point me to Google.
Instructions in the first search.
I think Darwin was on to something
Straight from LiveScience too.....what gets me is that part of it saying. "they were hoping it wouldn't find its way here." Knowing this broke out in Russia. Knowing this would enter the heroin trade.
What this does to a person is unbelievable.
Sounds like a bit of hype to me. I had to look it up, because it sounded like an opiate derivative. Yep. It's an opiate. And people inject toxic stuff into themselves with opiates.
But the scare quotes in the article remind me of Reefer Madness...
This Heroin Alternative “Eats Flesh” – But How?
Fortunately OUR society is media dense enough to disseminate the lowdown so it shouldn't be more than a "darwin" situation for our society as a whole.
Junkies making it for themselves, with some slopover. News reports with pictures. Should keep it limited.
This kind of thing is worse where life is cheap. Its not THAT bad most places here, even where its pretty bad.
We can hope, anyway.
At least its codeine. Can't even get that in Mexico without a scrip.
In the vast pharmacopeia of illegal street drugs, few have as heinous a reputation as desomorphine, popularly known as crocodile or "krokodil." An opiate that's chemically related to morphine and heroin, krokodil earned its name in two ways: Addicts develop dark, scaly lesions on their skin, and the drug tends to eat its victims alive, like a crocodile.
Krokodil first surfaced in Russia several years ago, where users discovered the drug was much cheaper than heroin and could easily be cooked in a kitchen by combining codeine with gasoline, oil, alcohol or paint thinner, Fox News reports.
And now, krokodil has arrived in the United States: Two cases of people addicted to the drug have been reported in Arizona. "As far as I know, these are the first cases in the United States," said Dr. Frank LoVecchio, director at Banner Good Samaritan Poison and Drug Information Center in Arizona, as quoted by Fox News. "So we're extremely frightened."
Like other opiates, krokodil is powerfully addictive, and even those users who kick the habit often walk away severely disfigured: severe scarring, bone damage, amputated limbs, speech impediments, poor motor skills and varying degrees of brain damage — for life.....snip~
Deadly Flesh-Eating Drug Arrives in US
LiveScience.com – 9 hrs ago
This is not good. We have way to many people all up into Heroin. This stuff is suppose to be stronger than Morphine and Heroin. Its analgesic effect is 10 times greater than that of morphine. They were hoping that it would never reach here. It appears it started in Russia too. We have to get on top of this Right away. We cant have young kids getting this stuff.
One would think even Other Dealers wouldn't want this stuff out there. Thoughts upon the matter?
They should have let us know if they came from Russia or if they had been there.....IMO. Might be able to find any others that came in with them. If they were from there.
And we should provide them with what they need so that they may enjoy the sweet embrace of death.Only the most desperate of the desperate would use such a dangerous drug.
I watched something on this awhile ago, and even heavy, destitute heroine addicts in Russia were basically saying "i'd rather go without, gather more money and get proper heroine".
The people that use this stuff, have really, truly let go of their lives.
In the vast pharmacopeia of illegal street drugs, few have as heinous a reputation as desomorphine, popularly known as crocodile or "krokodil." An opiate that's chemically related to morphine and heroin, krokodil earned its name in two ways: Addicts develop dark, scaly lesions on their skin, and the drug tends to eat its victims alive, like a crocodile.
Krokodil first surfaced in Russia several years ago, where users discovered the drug was much cheaper than heroin and could easily be cooked in a kitchen by combining codeine with gasoline, oil, alcohol or paint thinner, Fox News reports.
And now, krokodil has arrived in the United States: Two cases of people addicted to the drug have been reported in Arizona. "As far as I know, these are the first cases in the United States," said Dr. Frank LoVecchio, director at Banner Good Samaritan Poison and Drug Information Center in Arizona, as quoted by Fox News. "So we're extremely frightened."
Like other opiates, krokodil is powerfully addictive, and even those users who kick the habit often walk away severely disfigured: severe scarring, bone damage, amputated limbs, speech impediments, poor motor skills and varying degrees of brain damage — for life.....snip~
Deadly Flesh-Eating Drug Arrives in US
LiveScience.com – 9 hrs ago
This is not good. We have way to many people all up into Heroin. This stuff is suppose to be stronger than Morphine and Heroin. Its analgesic effect is 10 times greater than that of morphine. They were hoping that it would never reach here. It appears it started in Russia too. We have to get on top of this Right away. We cant have young kids getting this stuff.
One would think even Other Dealers wouldn't want this stuff out there. Thoughts upon the matter?
That article sucks, because it points a junkie right to how to make it. And that's where the problem will start. Junkies making it for themselves.
Its not the first time I've seen enough clues in a news article to point me to Google.
Instructions in the first search.
Sounds like a bit of hype to me. I had to look it up, because it sounded like an opiate derivative. Yep. It's an opiate. And people inject toxic stuff into themselves with opiates.
But the scare quotes in the article remind me of Reefer Madness...
This Heroin Alternative “Eats Flesh” – But How?
Please don't do this unless you have a strong stomach, but if you think it's hype, Google it and look around images and videos. It literally peels skin right off the bone. What it does to the mind is even more horrific, in its own right. Very few people manage to recover from krokodil before the die, since the average addict only lives for a couple years, but of the few that do, they look like they've been violently lobotomized. Their mind is gone. They're vacant invalids.
I was in Europe right when krokodil was spreading outside Russia. I hung out with street performers and buskers a lot, who are never too far from the vagrants. Two of them took to krokodil. Within 2 weeks, they had sores. Within 6 months, they were gone. No one is sure what happened, but they were probably dead.
At the time, I gave it 5 years until it came to the US. I have never been less happy to be right.
I have seen meth heads. Speed freaks. Heroin addicts. I've seen it all. But I have never seen anything like a krokodil addict. It is horrifying.
What they're like when they try to stop is even worse. Heroin withdrawal is famous for the extreme pain it leaves the addict with, which last for several days.
Krokodil withdrawal is even more agonizing. And it doesn't let up for an entire month. Usually, they just keep the patient sedated the entire time, otherwise they would lose consciousness from the agony. Quitting without medical assistance is impossible. You'll die.
The worst of all is it's easy to make. It's a cooking drug, like meth. There's no cartels to target. People make it in their own homes, with ingredients they purchased legitimately.
I worry that there will be hotspots of krokodil use in America. Western Europe was pretty lucky. It's not that bad there. But addicts have more hope in recovery in Western Europe than they do in most of the United States, or in Russia, where it's a terrible problem.
I fear the lack of practical and humane assistance for poor addicts in the US will turn this into an epidemic in some places.
Of course, if you are going to take addict level doses of opiates, heroin would be preferable to krokodile due to its flesh rotting effects. But we're talking about the least bad of two bad options. Heroin addicts look better than krokodile addicts, but they still don't look good.I watched something on this awhile ago, and even heavy, destitute heroine addicts in Russia were basically saying "i'd rather go without, gather more money and get proper heroine".
Some pretty wild lookin' pictures from a story in 2011
Krokodil: The drug that eats junkies
A home-made heroin substitute is having a horrific effect on thousands of Russia's drug addicts
By Shaun Walker
June 22, 2011
Krokodil: The flesh-eating drug that eats junkies - Europe - World - The Independent
The Living Dead: Why Thousands of Russian Addicts Are Rotting to Death
By Kristen Gwynne
June 24, 2011
The Living Dead: Why Thousands of Russian Addicts Are Rotting to Death | Alternet
Mornin' SAM.To top it off Heroin is making a reemergence. Heroin deaths here are up. Plus the LE's have been harping on how many younger kids are using it. Which starts out as snorting and for some leads to the worse. Hence that influence, and the concern it garners here.
That article sucks, because it points a junkie right to how to make it. And that's where the problem will start. Junkies making it for themselves.
Its not the first time I've seen enough clues in a news article to point me to Google.
Instructions in the first search.
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