Opioids are drugs that relieve pain. There are different types of opioids available, including those made from poppy plants, such as morphine, and synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl. When used as ...

Authorities are warning the public about desomorphine — slang name, krokodil ― a semi-synthetic opioid that has the sedating impact of heroin but can leave a user's skin scaly, green and rotting. The ...

(CBS DETROIT) - The St. Clair County Sheriff's Office Drug Task Force is alerting residents after it had its first seizure of desomorphine last week. Desomorphine, also known as "Krokodil" or ...

Authorities warn the synthetic opioid could be resistant to naloxone, a drug used to immediately reverse overdose. Getty Images/iStockphoto A flesh-eating drug about 10 times more potent than morphine ...

Having spent the last decade wreaking havoc in Russia, Krokodil – the cheap, addictive, heroin-like opioid(that also happens to eat your flesh) – has made ...

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: ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The krokodil craze, my choice for the best drug scare of 2013, continues to sweep the country. Just to be clear: The craze is not, so far as anyone has been able to confirm, a pharmacological fashion ...

An intravenous, highly addictive drug from Russia — one that can destroy tissue and blood vessels, turning skin greenish and scaly — may be showing up in the United States. Doctors in Arizona last ...