Quels sont les effets de la drogue crocodile ?
Quels sont les effets de la drogue crocodile ?
Les effets de la drogue-crocodile sont les mêmes que ceux produits par l'héroïne. Après l'injection, les consommateurs ressentent un bien-être, une sensation de détente et un apaisement. L'organisme est réchauffé et toutes les douleurs physiques et psychiques disparaissent.
What is Krokodil and how dangerous is it?
- A homemade drug called Krokodil is gaining popularity in Siberia and its effects on users are horrific. Krokodil is Russian for Crocodile, because of the way addicts' skin begins to get turn scaly, dry and eventually rot right off their bodies. Even most heroin users are frightened by Krokodil and want nothing to do...
What is another name for Krokodil (desomorphine)?
- Common or street names: Crocodile, Russian Magic, Poor Man's Heroin, Zombie drug What is krokodil (desomorphine)? Desomorphine, known by the street name krokodil, is an opioid derivative of codeine. Like heroin and other opioids, it has a sedative and analgesic effect and is highly addictive.
Why is codeine used to treat Krokodil instead of heroin?
- Codeine is preferred instead of heroin because of lower costs and ease of availability. However, the medications combined with the codeine such as acetaminophen or terpin hydrate, their effect on the chemical reactions, and their ultimate contribution to the toxicity of krokodil are all unknown.
What happens if you inject Krokodil into your veins?
- Those who inject these caustic agents into their veins can develop extreme skin ulcerations, infections, and gangrene -- a discolored (green, grey, black) scale-like skin that resembles a crocodile, hence the street name “krokodil". Krokodil is also called “Russian Magic”, referring to its short duration of opioid intoxication (euphoria).
