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Flesh-Eating Street Drug from Russia Hits the US »
(Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center) A flesh-eating drug has appeared in the United States after first being discovered in Russia a decade ago. Krokodil, Russian for “crocodile,” is a street drug used as a cheap substitute for heroin. The drug is referred to as “krokodil” because it causes sores, tissue damage and rough, scale-like appearance on the skin. Two cases involving the drug that surfaced at the Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center in Phoenix are alarming anti-drug advocates and medical personnel who fear use of krokodil might spread. When the facility warned other poison centers around the country about krokodil, some… Source Main page (current trends)
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