“Zombie Apocalypse Drug Reaches U.S.,” read one headline. “Flesh-Eating 'Zombie' Drug 'Kills You from the Inside Out,” blared another.“The Most Horrifying Drug in the World Comes to the U.S.,” warned ...

The following photographs were taken in Yekaterinburg, Russia in 2013. Alexei, age 33, injects a dose of krokodil. Because of his dependence on krokodil, Alexei has injuries and swelling around his ...

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, ...

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Diana, Zhanna’s daughter, lives with her grandmother Lyudmila in an apartment in Yekaterinburg, Russia. Senior Correspondent Early this spring, when the snow began to melt in the Russian city of ...

A young man recently turned up at a rural drug and alcohol service in New South Wales seeking help because of an infection in his arm. He said he had injected the drug Krokodil, which had not ...

A poison control center in Phoenix, Ariz. is reporting that it has received calls regarding what is believed to the first two cases of krokodil use in the U.S. Dr. Frank LoVecchio, the co-medical ...

Reality bites hard for krokodil-crisis hawkers. After reports went viral that an Illinois doctor had seen three cases of krokodil use, regional Drug Enforcement Administration officers quickly hit the ...

KROKODIL is a drug known to be ten times stronger than heroin and has the power to kill any user due to its severely dangerous effects. But is the drug in the UK and what are its side effects? Here’s ...

Krokodil, the cheap heroin substitute, is believed to have made the switch to the US after a number of cases were reported in Arizona. The drug captured press headlines a few years ago following ...

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