[lee martell]

There is a Russian equivalent of this phenomenon.
Their narcotic of choice is a Desmorphine commonly known as Krokodil, a flesh eating drug.
It is occasionally seen here in the states.

[caww]

.....” Krokodil, a flesh eating drug”....

I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s what they took....it’s a home-made heroin substitute of iodine, lighter fluid and industrial cleaning oil....a drug for the poor when they can’t pay for heroin.

Photos of krokodil addicts are disturbing in the extreme. Flesh goes grey and peels away to leave bones exposed. People literally rot to death.....also causes the strongest levels of addiction and is the hardest to cure....if they try to go off it, even with help the pain can last up to a month, and it’s unbearable, they have to be injected with extremely strong tranquilisers just to keep them from passing out from the pain.