A terrible flesh-eating drug called Krokodil (pronounced crocodile) may have made its way to Ohio, authorities in Columbus Ohio report.
A homeless man in Columbus told medics he had used the drug, which is more potent and destructive than heroin.
Krokodil, which is named for the greenish-black raised lesions it causes after injection, is made by cooking crushed codeine pills with household hydrocarbons like paint thinner and gasoline. The impurities in the household chemicals cause flesh to decay.
“You literally start rotting from the inside out,” Dr. Abhin Singla, who said he treated krokodil users in Joliet, Ill., told the Sun-Times. “It’s a horrific way to get sick. Intensive treatment and skin grafts are required, but they are often not enough to save limbs or lives.”
The homeless man receiving medical care said he had taken the drug and had lesions similar to those derived from krokodil, WBNS-TV reported last week.
Other cases of the homemade morphine derivative has been reported in Arizona, Illinois and Oklahoma, but the Drug Enforcement Administration still has not confirmed the official presence of krokodil in the United States.
Here’s the full report from 10TV, but be warned, the images are graphic.
This article appears in Oct 30 – Nov 5, 2013.
Do people HAVE to be told this is bad??????
So we are wasting skin grafts on junkies instead of burn victims? America!
It’s sad to see our nation has an issue what’s worse is this drug come from Russia which was Russia’s way to kill off the people who have a dependence on herion .. The average life span for a young adult male is 14 to 24 the youngest user is the age 14
Somehow this must be good for jobs.