Desomorphine has been in the news lately. Never heard of it? That's quite possible. But you may well have heard its street name: "Krokodil." However you know it, it's a cheap substitute for heroin ...

(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 ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The gruesome side effects from a home-brewed heroin substitute popular in Russia have prompted the Pittsburgh Poison Center to warn about the potent narcotic's possible emergence ...

Several days ago, Krokodil, a cheap heroine substitute popular in Russia, reportedly made landfall in Arizona. The drug’s name means “crocodile” in Russian and is known for its flesh-eating tendencies ...

New reports suggest drug users in America have begun using a notorious, flesh-destroying drug that originated in Russia. In an interview with Arizona's KLTV, Dr. Frank LoVecchio, the co-medical ...