If drugs remain illegal - this is what you get (WARNING: Extremely graphic pic)

[lapislzi]

168. The krokodil prototype was synthesized in a lab

in the 1930s. As such, it is an extremely potent narcotic painkiller, up to 8x stronger than morphine. It's short-acting, and probably has some clinical efficacy.

The problem is not that the drug makes your flesh fall off. It's the method used to synthesize the drug in a home kitchen that make it so very, very toxic. As I understand it, to create it, you need to cook it up in a similar manner to the way you cook meth from other substances and catalysts. In the case of krokodil, these include hydrochloric acid, iodine, and red phosphorus from matches. Common sense would suggest to the person in his right mind that injecting hydrochloric acid into yourself is not a very good idea.

Now, let's throw unsanitary conditions into the mix and see how long your flesh stays on your body. I agree with the posters who present the methadone solution.