More cases of Krokodil use are reportedly popping up around the United States, prompting some medical professionals to warn that the addictive, poisonous drug has reached American shores. Krokodil, ...

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, ...

Oleg glances furtively around him and, confident that nobody is watching, slips inside the entrance to a decaying Soviet-era block of flats, where Sasha is waiting for him. Ensconced in the dingy ...

Krokodil, a flesh-eating drug which first surfaced in Russia more than a decade ago, has reportedly been found in the United States. Similar to morphine or heroin, krokodil is made by mixing codeine ...

It’s been hard to miss the stories about the rise of “krokodil,” a dangerous drug with which American journalists have become fascinated, thanks to its relevance to two of the media’s favorite topics: ...

There have now been at least eight cases of the skin-rotting Russian drug krokodil reported in the US, according to medical professionals who spoke with The Verge, and at least three resulted in death ...

Drugs don't get much scarier than Desomorphine, a.k.a. "Krokodil." The narcotic reportedly originated in Russia a few years ago and gets its nickname ("crocodile" in Russian) from the green, scaly ...

Three patients have been treated this week at a southwest suburban Joliet hospital in Chicago for using a synthetic opiate that doctors say rots the skin from the inside out. "If you want to kill ...

The drug is real enough, as are the gruesome side effects that leave addicts with festering abscesses and peeling, reptilian skin. It is unquestionably a grave problem in rural Russia, where addicts ...

The Russian drug Krokodil (chemically known as desomorphine) is a homemade heroin alternative that has made its way to the States from Russia, and it's now entered New York City. Recently Time ...

A synthetic drug from Russia has reached the United States for the first time after reports of two cases involving the drug were discovered in Phoenix. Desomorphine, usually referred to by its street ...

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