Krokodil has arrived in Canada, marking another spread of the intense drug that gives users a high similar to heroin but leaves them looking scaly.
There have been four reported cases of krokodil in Canada so far, two in Niagara Falls, and two in St. Catharines.
The two men in the latter place went to the hospital recently with sores on their bodies, apparently from krokodil use, reported CHCH.
One of the people in Niagara Falls described his condition.
“He felt like there was a burning coming from the inside out,” said Brenda Horton, with the drug treatment center. “And it left holes all over his arms.”
Constable Rich Gadreau with the Niagara Regional Police said that police haven’t seen it produced or sold, “but that just shows how new it is in the region.”
Krokodil is infamous for being popular in Russia.
It’s made using codeine, iodine, gasoline, paint thinner, hydrochloric acid, lighter fluid and red phosphorus.
The drug was dubbed Krokodil (crocodile) because of the scale-like appearance of its users, according to the New York Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services. The office notes that the drug is often high impure and since it is injected produces severe tissue damage, including injury to the veins.
Another possible impact is death.
