The drug is real enough, as are the gruesome side effects that leave addicts with festering abscesses and peeling, reptilian skin. It is unquestionably a grave problem in rural Russia, where addicts ...

Drugs don't get much scarier than Desomorphine, a.k.a. "Krokodil." The narcotic reportedly originated in Russia a few years ago and gets its nickname ("crocodile" in Russian) from the green, scaly ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about TV shows, movies, video games, entertainment & culture. Desmorphine, a synthetic with similar effects of heroin made ...

Krokodil, a flesh-eating drug which first surfaced in Russia more than a decade ago, has reportedly been found in the United States. Similar to morphine or heroin, krokodil is made by mixing codeine ...

A powerful heroin-like drug that rots flesh and bone has made its first reported appearance in the United States, an Arizona health official says. Known on the street as "krokodil," the caustic ...

Having spent the last decade wreaking havoc in Russia, Krokodil – the cheap, addictive, heroin-like opioid(that also happens to eat your flesh) – has made ...

LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - A drug with a terrifying reputation for rotting the flesh of users is making its way across the country. Now, the Russian heroin knock off called krokodil is in Kentuckiana, at ...

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 ...

A synthetic drug from Russia has reached the United States for the first time after reports of two cases involving the drug were discovered in Phoenix. Desomorphine, usually referred to by its street ...