A flesh-eating drug known to be an epidemic in Russia is forcing medical experts to issue a warning to western Pennsylvanians.Krokodil, or crocodile, is a home-made substitute for heroin and is 10 ...

LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - A drug with a terrifying reputation for rotting the flesh of users is making its way across the country. Now, the Russian heroin knock off called krokodil is in Kentuckiana, at ...

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 ...

More possible cases of the use of krokodil, the flesh-eating drug popular in Russia and Eastern Europe as a cheaper alternative to heroin, have surfaced in the U.S., this time in a Chicago suburb, ...

It’s been hard to miss the stories about the rise of “krokodil,” a dangerous drug with which American journalists have become fascinated, thanks to its relevance to two of the media’s favorite topics: ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the vast pharmacopeia of illegal street drugs, few have as heinous a reputation as desomorphine, popularly known as crocodile or "krokodil." An opiate that's chemically related to morphine and ...

Krokodil is an underground narcotic that possesses a nasty side effect: It causes users' flesh to rot. Its use has been mostly confined to Russia, although authorities believe the synthetic opiate has ...