Yup. Just when I thought huffing paint and freon was about the dumbest thing people do, someone takes it to yet another level. Down...
Posted on 09/27/2013 2:59:46 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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 director at Banner's Poison Control Center, told CBS affiliate KPHO in Phoenix that his center dealt with two users of the dangerous drug known for its use in Russia in the past week.
"As far as I know, these are the first cases in the United States that are reported. So we're extremely frightened," he said.
The drug got its nickname from the Russian world for crocodile, because users tend to develop scale-like, green skin. Medscape reports that skin can fall off following use, resulting in exposed bones. The drug also causes blood vessels to rupture and death of the surrounding tissue. Users can also develop abscesses and gangrene.
"It eats you from the inside out," LoVecchio explained.
About 1 million people in Russia use krokodil,
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Great post! My nomination for the best of the day.
Please don’t use my money to treat them. Send them to a swamp in Florida where they’ll fit right in.
So, it's like Obamacare in a syringe.
Holy crap!
Exactly.
Paging Walter White.
This is bad. It’s got gasoline, paint thinner, with hydrochloric acid in it.
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