Homemade heroin from Russia called krokodil hits US

Homemade heroin from Russia called krokodil hits US
Originally from Russia, krokodil is a homemade drug, similar to heroin, that can be made at home with simple ingredients like red phosphorus from match books and codeine mixed with gasoline, paint thinner or lighter fluid. These ingredients are so … Read more on Houston Chronicle (blog)

Project HOPE sheds light on prescription drug abuse
“What we started seeing proportionately was the majority of those young people using opiate drugs, starting with pills often and then ending up with heroin.” The second disturbing trend Constantino saw was death. “Young people were dying,” she said, … Read more on Bee news.com

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