The new drug krokodil, or “crocodile,”  is desomorphine, a synthetic opiate many times more powerful than heroin.

Korkodil is created from a complex chain of mixing and chemical reactions with household ingredients, cooked from codeine-based headache pills.  Thus, it’s much cheaper than heroin.

However, its poisonous ingredients quickly cover the skin with scales and sores.

Read about it here:  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/krokodil-the-drug-that-eats-junkies-2300787.html

Thanks to Kedmobee for bringing this to the attention of the It’s Interesting community.