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Krokodil by: Brooklyn fox, Erika Baldwin, & Carson zobrist Period 3

Krokodil by: Brooklyn fox, Erika Baldwin, & Carson zobrist Period 3. Table of Contents. 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

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Krokodil by: Brooklyn fox, Erika Baldwin, & Carson zobrist Period 3

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  1. Krokodilby: Brooklyn fox, Erika Baldwin, & Carson zobristPeriod 3

  2. Table of Contents • 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

  3. Type of drug • Krokodil is an opiate. • An opiate is a drug with morphine effects. (like heroin)

  4. Category of drug • Krokodil is illegal. It used to be an over-the-counter drug in Russia until they banned it in 2012.

  5. Nicknames for Krokodil! • “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”.

  6. How the drug is taken & why? • Howyou take it is you inject it into your body. It is an alternative for heroin because its much cheaper. • It is highly addictive!

  7. Dangers & Effects of krokodil • 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.

  8. stats • 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.

  9. Interesting Facts • 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

  10. Before After

  11. Ask yourself? • Is it worth doing? • Losing your skin? • Reducing your life span?

  12. 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-disaster-ugly-truth-about-krokodil • http://rehab-international.org/opiate-addiction/statistics/ • http://www.caron.org/knowledge-library/statistics-outcomes/heroin-opiate-stats

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