Real life horror stories...

[thistlechaser]

Millions of people are addicted to a drug that literally eats them alive.

There's a new drug, Krokodil, made from codeine, gasoline, paint thinner, hydrochloric acid, iodine, and red phosphorous (from matchstick heads).

...once injected it begins eating the user’s body from the inside out, causing blood vessels to burst and surrounding tissue to die. Essentially a corrosive acid with opiate effects

Krokodil gets its name because users develop scaly skin like a crocodile.

How about more disturbing Krokodil images for a Friday morning? "What was first thought to be a horrific STD infection turned out to be the effects of the 17-year old injecting krokodil directly into her genitals."

The article reports it's unlikely to become a common drug in America, but that makes it no less horrifying.

Comments

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Yep. We could save money (which is important to many people in power), but more important improve lives by making these things legal. But oh no! We can't get over our war on drugs!

I totally agree with everything you said.

[ashmedai.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's like that here too. Consumption is legal, but not buying, selling or anything like that. I guess they think it drops out of the sky or something. It's just a way to appease us that say "legalize it" and still keep it, de facto, illegal. I actually hate any laws that regulate what a person chooses to do with his own body. That's nobody's business, and hasn't helped change anything. But the lawmakers still pretend playing governess is going to change human nature's predisposition to drug use.

I'm just watching a docu I found on the site you linked about Krokodil and living conditions of some people in Sibera. It's hard to watch. They're living in places we wouldn't leave a stray dog in without rescuing it. *sighs*

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I actually hate any laws that regulate what a person chooses to do with his own body.

Same. They drive me crazy. If I want to cut off all my hair, all my fingers, or jump off a bridge, it should be my right. (However, if I land on a car after jumping out a window, they should take whatever money it costs to repair the car and help anyone in it from whatever money I have left.)

[ashmedai.livejournal.com]

Yup, agree. Not that I'd ever jump off a bridge, but from talking to people who've been suicidal, I'm slowly learning to be sensitive to their dilemma. Like learning I don't have a right to say "don't do it". Which gives me a dilemma too, since I don't want them to, and at the same time know now it's not about me at all. But I slowly see it's their right to decide if life is too intolerable to live any longer.