More cases of Krokodil use are reportedly popping up around the United States, prompting some medical professionals to warn that the addictive, poisonous drug has reached American shores. Krokodil, ...

The Drug Task Force had its first seizure of Desomorphine, better known as Krokodil or Crocodil, last week. The Drug Task Force had its first seizure of Desomorphine, better known as Krokodil or ...

Several days ago, Krokodil, a cheap heroine substitute popular in Russia, reportedly made landfall in Arizona. The drug’s name means “crocodile” in Russian and is known for its flesh-eating tendencies ...

On Thursday, Time’s website ran a striking photo essay about the horrors of krokodil, the “flesh-eating” heroin substitute that is popular in Eastern Europe and, according to many in the media, is ...

Don’t know about you, but a street drug that gets its name because it can eat away flesh and causes scaly and crusty greenish skin doesn’t appeal to me. But Krokodil is extremely popular in Russia and ...

Reality bites hard for krokodil-crisis hawkers. After reports went viral that an Illinois doctor had seen three cases of krokodil use, regional Drug Enforcement Administration officers quickly hit the ...

The Russian drug Krokodil (chemically known as desomorphine) is a homemade heroin alternative that has made its way to the States from Russia, and it's now entered New York City. Recently Time ...

A synthetic drug from Russia has reached the United States for the first time after reports of two cases involving the drug were discovered in Phoenix. Desomorphine, usually referred to by its street ...

Have you heard about this new drug, krokodil, that's supposedly wreaking havoc across the U.S.? Krokodil has been described as heroin's answer to meth. It's an injectable, synthetic opiate recently ...

Having spent the last decade wreaking havoc in Russia, Krokodil – the cheap, addictive, heroin-like opioid(that also happens to eat your flesh) – has made ...