Zombie / Crocodile Drug Decimating Russia
Steve Barton
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Time Magazine
http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2078355,00.html
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Designer drugs are nothing but trouble. Need more proof? Time Magazine just posted a story that makes the horrid effects of bath salts sound like nothing more than a minor headache. Read on.
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Warning: Disburbing images of the effects of Krokodil below. This article may be shocking or upsetting for some people. Please proceed with caution.
According to the article:
Krokodil, technically known as Desomorphine, has a similar effect to heroin but is significantly cheaper and easier to make. In the last few years, it’s been wreaking severe havoc on the bodies and lives of Russian youth. The drug earned its nickname—the Russian word for crocodile—because of the ghastly side effects it has on the human body. Wherever the drug is injected, the skin turns green and scaly, showing symptoms of gangrene. In severe cases the skin rots away completely, revealing the bone beneath. Other permanent effects of the drug include speech impediments and erratic movement. Rotting flesh, jerky movements, and speech troubles have prompted media outlets to tag krokodil the “zombie drug.”
According to Time, the average user of krokodil only lives two or three years, and “the few who manage to quit usually come away disfigured.” Quitting is its own nasty business. Heroin withdrawal symptoms last about a week; symptoms for krokodil withdrawal can last over a month.
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