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ProudLib72

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2. There is a Russia connection here

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue May 23, 2017, 06:07 PM

May 2017

The cheap heroin substitute is krokodil, so named for what it makes a user's skin look like. It seems to have originated in Russia (hence the weird transliteration of the Russian spelling of "crocodile&quot . There are some graphic pics in the article. If you do a google image search, you will certainly find a lot worse.

link to article: https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2016/07/krokodil-russias-designer-drug-that-will-eat-your-flesh/

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Trumps budget makes it official: hes doing little to nothing about the opioid epidemic [View all] applegrove May 2017 OP

That money is clearly better used by already rich people. underpants May 2017 #1

There is a Russia connection here ProudLib72 May 2017 #2