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In reply to the discussion: Horrific flesh-rotting drug krokodil may be in Chicago, doctor says [View all]Indi Guy
(3,992 posts)30. You forgot to put the windblown seascape...
...and the warm ambient music in the background.
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Desperation when saner options aren't cutting it anymore (or aren't available). (nt)
Posteritatis
Oct 2013
#4
+100 and I'm an oldster. War on drugs has got to end and hopefully end this taking of poisons
wordpix
Oct 2013
#31
How ironic that something named after a predatory reptile should be dangerous ...
eppur_se_muova
Oct 2013
#9
This was a slang name given to the drug based on one of its side effects
DisgustipatedinCA
Oct 2013
#44
Heck, snorting live badgers would probably be a safer long-term bet than that stuff. (nt)
Posteritatis
Oct 2013
#13
"paint thinner, iodine, hydrochloric acid, red phosphorus, gasoline and lighter fluid."
Zorra
Oct 2013
#16
It's basically like cooking meth, except using codeine instead of pseudoephedrine.
backscatter712
Oct 2013
#22
Are you stressed out, have too many worries? Ask your doctor about Krokodil!
backscatter712
Oct 2013
#25
Desomorphine is 80 years old and has been in continuous use in the US since then
Recursion
Oct 2013
#40
Just last week, I was reading up on how our failed WOD accounts for the epidemic of Krokodil in
msanthrope
Oct 2013
#45