Krokodil comes from desomorphine.

Desomorphine is a synthetic morphine

History on
desomorphine

Used in Switzerland for severe pain till 1981

Having a fast onset, short duration of action

Little nausea or respiratory depression

compared to morphine
8 to 10 times more potent to morphine
Last time prescribed in 1981

 The drug or other substance has a high

potential for abuse

The drug or other substance has no
currently accepted medical use in treatment
in the United States
There is a lack of accepted safety for use of
the drug or other substance under medical
supervision

Estimated 1.8 million people

in Russia inject drugs,

making it the worlds largest
population
Emerged early 2000s
First reported case in Siberia

 Scarce heroin
Poorest and more remote parts

In June 1, 2012 new restrictions on codeine

containing medications now require a prescription

There is no toxicology report confirming they were using

krokodil.
There was no trace of desomorphine
There were no samples of the drug itself proving it was
krokodil

The reason why

krokodil became
popular in Russia
is because heroin
is expensive and
is harder to find.
Here we have
heroin.

 Codeine (cold

medicine)
Gasoline
Paint thinner
Lighter fluid
Iodine
Hydrochloric acid
Red phosphorus
(from matches)

 Brewed like meth

Takes 30 minutes to

an hour to make
After much boiling,
distilling, mixing and
shaking what remains
is a caramel colored
gunge held in the end
of a syringe and the
acrid smell of burnt
iodine in the air

 Sedative

Euphoric
Relief from pain

Analgesic Effect
Fast acting
8-10 times more powerful then heroin
Cheaper then heroin

 Blood vessel damage

Open ulcers
Gangrene
Skin and soft tissue infections
Skin grafts/surgery
Limp amputations
Pneumonia
Blood poisoning

 Meningitis

Rotting gums/toothloss
HIV (due to needle sharing)

Bone infections
Speech impairment
Motor impairment
Memory loss
death

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