Its not the drug itself, which is an opiate iirc, thats eating skin. Its the janky synthesis by junkies in bathtubs

edit – spelling

I dont forsee this drug becoming popular in the states. Why kill your flesh when you can get pills that are stronger? :wacked:

Kratom for the win.
Well, weed for the win- but I can’t safely buy weed. Kratoms easy (but no comparison. . .)

Thanks for the share and link.  That is some crazy shit.  :wacked:

I dont forsee this drug becoming popular in the states. Why kill your flesh when you can get pills that are stronger? :wacked:

  Must be a reason why junkies use this
Must be easier to get in russia
or cheaper

I dont forsee this drug becoming popular in the states. Why kill your flesh when you can get pills that are stronger? :wacked:

  Must be a reason why junkies use this
Must be easier to get in russia
or cheaper

Well they say in the article that in Russia codeine is available OTC and cheap. I need to move over there and introduce them bitches to sizzurp.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LMULiOa1jw

Its not the drug itself, which is an opiate iirc, thats eating skin. Its the janky synthesis by junkies in bathtubs

edit – spelling

this is actually an interesting drug if it was made laboratory grade.

I dont forsee this drug becoming popular in the states. Why kill your flesh when you can get pills that are stronger? :wacked:

  Must be a reason why junkies use this
Must be easier to get in russia
or cheaper

Well they say in the article that in Russia codeine is available OTC and cheap. I need to move over there and introduce them bitches to sizzurp.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LMULiOa1jw

  Same in Canada

Krokodile is Desomorphine

Desomorphine (dihydrodesoxymorphine, Permonid, street name krokodil) is an opioid first patented in 1932 in the United States that is a derivative of morphine, where the 6-hydroxyl group has been removed and the 7,8 double bond has been reduced. It has sedative and analgesic effects, and is around 8-10 times more potent than morphine

Desomorphine attracted attention in 2010 in Russia due to an increase in clandestine production, presumably due to its relatively simple synthesis from codeine. The drug is easily made from codeine, iodine and red phosphorus, in a process similar to the manufacture of methamphetamine from pseudoephedrine; like methamphetamine, desomorphine made this way is often highly impure and is contaminated with various toxic and corrosive byproducts. The street name in Russia for home-made desomorphine is "krokodil" (крокодил, crocodile), reportedly due to the scale-like appearance of skin of its users and the derivation from chlorocodide.

The high associated with krokodil is akin to that of heroin, but lasts a much shorter period. While the effects of heroin use can last four to eight hours, the effects of krokodil do not usually extend past one and a half hours, with the symptoms of withdrawal setting in soon after. Krokodil takes roughly 30 minutes to an hour to prepare with over-the-counter ingredients in a kitchen. Since the home-made mix is routinely injected immediately with little or no further purification, "krokodil" has become notorious for producing severe tissue damage, phlebitis and gangrene, sometimes requiring limb amputation in long-term users.

While crude amateur attempts to make krokodil will almost invariably still contain some remaining codeine, as well as other "accidentally produced" synthetic opioids such as iodocodeine, some of the krokodil produced also contains other drugs. For example, the codeine pills sold in Russia may also contain ingredients such as caffeine, paracetamol, or diphenhydramine (coincidentally an opioid potentiator); while chemicals such as tropicamide, found in over the counter eyedrops, may also be added to the mixture in attempt to prolong or enhance the experience.

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N-Phenethylnordesomorphine is an opiate analgesic drug derived from desomorphine by replacing the N-methyl group with β-phenethyl. Since desomorphine is already around eight times more potent than morphine, the additional boost in binding affinity produced by using the larger phenethyl group makes N-phenethylnordesomorphine a highly potent analgesic drug, some 85x more potent than morphine, and a similar strength to the closely related morphinan derivative phenomorphan.

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Timebomb – Filtering the solution to remove the insolubles, and then using baking soda and distilled water to correct the PH should drop the rest out. Then suck out all the solution and let the material dry. But I’m just guessing out loud. And it still wouldn’t be completely pure.

This stuff sounds horrible
  Go green with Jenkem!

this is just codeine mixed with gas..That’s lame. Not strong enough to warrant the danger. Codeine is weak sauce if you have real pain..

"Similar to morphine or heroin, krokodil is made by mixing codeine with substances like gasoline, paint thinner, oil or alcohol. That mixture is then injected into a vein, potentially causing an addict’s skin to turn greenish, scaly and eventually rot away."

I’ve seen this first hand in my travels to the Ukraine. It is really bad shit & quite literally takes away your will to live.

STAY AWAY

It trips me out that someone would even consider this crap. One would have to be really desperate. Sad.

Life may seem kinda hopeless in the formet soviet union. 

Agreed – think I would have to go with the excellent Vodka instead, though. At least your skin doesn’t rot and fall off!