Time

The World's Deadliest Drug: Krokodil's Legacy

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The Daily Beast

Behind the Krokodil Panic

“Zombie Apocalypse Drug Reaches U.S.,” read one headline. “Flesh-Eating 'Zombie' Drug 'Kills You from the Inside Out,” blared another.“The Most Horrifying Drug in the World Comes to the U.S.,” warned ...
Time

The World’s Deadliest Drug: Inside a Krokodil Cookhouse

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Los Angeles Times

Krokodil, more perilous than heroin, possibly surfaces in Arizona

A highly addictive drug whose name derives from the green, scaly sores that develop on users’ rotting flesh was reported to have found a toehold in the United States this week. In Phoenix, physicians ...
Chicago Tribune

Was Krokodil ever in Will County? Authorities remain unsure

Was Krokodil ever in Will County? Eighteen months after a drug scare in Will County over the possible emergence of a flesh-eating heroin knockoff drug, authorities remain unsure about whether the drug ...
International Business Times

Krokodil In Canada: Deadly, Flesh-Eating ‘Zombie’ Drug Reportedly Arrives North Of The Border In Ontario

Krokodil -- the deadly flesh-eating drug that is believed to have arrived in the United States -- may have just hit Canada. According to the Huffington Post, there have been three cases of krokodil ...
Nature

Effects of krokodil (desomorphine) use on oral health - a systematic review

Introduction The narcotic drug krokodil is a semi-synthetic drug used as a cheap alternative to heroin. With its active ingredient desomorphine it is a highly addictive and destructive drug mainly ...
The Independent

Krokodil: The drug that eats junkies

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
Los Angeles Times

Horrific flesh-rotting drug krokodil may be in Chicago, doctor says

More possible cases of the use of krokodil, the flesh-eating drug popular in Russia and Eastern Europe as a cheaper alternative to heroin, have surfaced in the U.S., this time in a Chicago suburb, ...
CNN

Flesh-eating ‘zombie’ drug ‘kills you from the inside out’

No confirmed cases, but ones are suspected in Arizona, Oklahoma and Illinois A flesh-eating drug that turns people into zombie-like creatures seems to have made its way to the United States. This ...
The Independent

Krokodil: The heroin substitute is a real threat. We must warn of the potentially devastating effects

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...