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In reply to the discussion: Warning graphic content: Deadly drug that rots flesh of users arrives in Arizona [View all]Liberty Belle
(9,707 posts)27. It's real. Here's info from the state of NY, official source:
http://www.oasas.ny.gov/AdMed/FYI/Krokodil.cfm
Confirms what the drug does, though this was published before the 2 cases surfaced in AZ. This is now all over - AP, USA Today and CNN all have stories up, and many more. It's also confirmed in the major Russian media; there are estimates of 1-3 million addicts over there. Insane.
Confirms what the drug does, though this was published before the 2 cases surfaced in AZ. This is now all over - AP, USA Today and CNN all have stories up, and many more. It's also confirmed in the major Russian media; there are estimates of 1-3 million addicts over there. Insane.
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Warning graphic content: Deadly drug that rots flesh of users arrives in Arizona [View all]
LiberalElite
Sep 2013
OP
Someone stuck deep in drug addiction isn't going to be in a rational place. (nt)
Posteritatis
Sep 2013
#17
those are some of what is used to make it - see the Wiki entry I posted, below.
NRaleighLiberal
Sep 2013
#5
This is bathtub desomorphine cooked up by junkies. It's the impurities, not the drug itself.
Comrade Grumpy
Sep 2013
#31
Yes addicts live only 2 to 3 years on average when using this horrid stuff.
LiberalLoner
Sep 2013
#42
Well if the cost of treatment wasn't 3 or 4 x's what it costs to stay high
inch4progress
Sep 2013
#28
With a potency 8-10 times that of heroin, the preservation instict might be completely overwhelmed.
inch4progress
Sep 2013
#34
Yeah, I don't think many people are clicking that link after reading the article.
progressoid
Sep 2013
#37