I have seen plenty of similar wounds just from heroin- necrotic and purulent and leading to lengthy hospital stays and surgeries. It’s hideous. It’s usually 20 year olds. They don’t seem to make it their 30s.
Two weekends ago on Nat Geo’s series on drug trafficking, they did a segment on the Krokodil epidemic in Russia. Two of the ingredients in its manufacturing are gasoline and paint thinner and one of the telltale signs an addict is on the drug is that they noticeably smell like gasoline..........