Nope, krocodil and the newer xylazine are not the same, but both are about equally destructive
https://www.kevinmd.com/2024/05/xylazine-the-lethal-ingredient-hiding-in-your-pills.html
“It can also be used by illicit drug factories to create more potent combinations. That is what is happening with fentanyl and xylazine. In 2018, in the entire United States, there were only 102 deaths where xylazine was found with fentanyl. By 2021that became 3,468 and we should expect it to become more common. When 1,176 counterfeit pills were evaluated, most of them fell into three categories: Oxycodone (686 pills), alprazolam (brand name Xanax, 312 pills), and amphetamines (174 pills).
Terrifyingly, the laboratory analysis showed that almost all the counterfeit oxycodone pills seized in 2022 contained fentanyl. Fentanyl was also detected in 2.6 percent of the Xanax pills. None of the amphetamine pills contained fentanyl. Xylazine was also found in almost all of the fake oxycodone pills. Out of 137 pills containing xylazine, 135 (98.5 percent) were counterfeit oxycodone while xylazine was detected with fentanyl in 136 of 137 pills.””
Let’s do morphine!
No! Morphine isn’t enough! Let’s do Heroin!
No! Heroin isn’t enough! Let’s do Fentanyl!
No! Fentanyl isn’t enough! Let do krocodil!
No! Krocodil isn’t enough! Let’s do xylazine!
I think drug offenders should be put in a compound with all the drugs they want until they die. It won’t take long and it gets them off the streets.
“counterfeit oxycodone pills”
Genuine pills might be put in special anti-counterfeit packaging that the FDA might regulate be changed periodically.