krokodil by: brooklyn fox, erika baldwin, & carson zobrist period 3

KROKODILBY:

BROOKLYN FOX, ERIKA BALDWIN, &

CARSON ZOBRISTPERIOD 3

• Slide 1: Title Slide• Slide 2: Table of Contents• Slide 3: Type of Drug• Slide 4: Category of Drug• Slide 5: Pictures• Slide 6: Nick Names• Slide 7: How the drug is taken• Slide 8: Effects• Slide 9: Dangers• Slide 10: Statistics• Slide 11: Interesting Facts• Slide 12: Resources

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Krokodil is an opiate.An opiate is a drug with

morphine effects. (like heroin)

TYPE OF DRUG

Krokodil is illegal. It used to be an over-the-counter drug in

Russia until they banned it in 2012.

CATEGORY OF DRUG

“The Drug that eats junkies”Clinically Known as “Desmorphine”, but changed to “Krokodil” due to the fact your skin looks scaly and green like a “crocodile” where you inject the

drug. Also called the “zombie drug”.

NICKNAMES FOR KROKODIL!

How you take it is you inject it into your body. It is an

alternative for heroin because its much cheaper.

It is highly addictive!

HOW THE DRUG IS TAKEN & WHY?

After krokodil is injected, it will eat your flesh from the inside out. Krokodil can lead to limbs falling off. Most krokodil users often die almost a year of taking

the drug. It may also cause blood vessels to burst resulting in serious injury or even death. It causes

serious damage to the veins and soft tissue infections, rapidly followed by gangrene and necrosis, severe mutilations, rotting gums, bone infections, decayed

structure of the jaw and facial bones, sores and ulcers on the forehead and skull as well as rotting ears,

noses and lips and liver and kidney problems.

DANGERS & EFFECTS OF KROKODIL

Statistics show that Opiate abuse and Opiate addiction cost Americans over $484 billion annually. This amount includes healthcare costs and abuses of the healthcare system, lost wages, car accidents, crime, and criminal justice system costs

Opiates make up 83 percent of admissions for intravenous drug addictions. Second in line is methamphetamine, followed by cocaine.

STATS

It was O-C-T in Russia until June 1st, 2012 Most users die with in less then a year Krokodil is the deadliest thing to hit the streets Also referred to at “crocodile” due to scaly green skin

from users According to the World Health Organization, the Russian

Federation has one of the highest rates of opiate use in the world

INTERESTING FACTS

Before After

Is it worth doing? Losing your skin? Reducing your life span?

ASK YOURSELF?

RESOURCES!

http://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddisalvo/2013/12/10/why-are-millions-addicted-to-a-drug-that-eats-the-flesh-off-their-bones/

http://www.chch.com/dangers-krokodil/ http://www.drugpolicy.org/blog/desperation-breeds-disast

er-ugly-truth-about-krokodil http://rehab-international.org/opiate-addiction/statistics/ http://www.caron.org/knowledge-library/statistics-outcom

es/heroin-opiate-stats