Homemade drugs devastating Russian addicts

Warning: This video contains graphic footage.

YT: Homemade drugs have had devastating effects on addicts across Russia, where about 100,000 people are thought to be making and using substances made from legal and easily available ingredients.

One of the drugs, called 'Krokodil' (or crocodile), named after the scaly-looking sores it causes, is made from a combination of headache pills, petrol, paint thinner, hydrochloric acid, iodine and red phosphorous scraped from the strike strips of matchboxes.

Al Jazeera's Neave Barker reports from Moscow.
gorillamansays...

>> ^ponceleon:
who the fuck is dumb enough to shoot up with HYDROCHLORIC ACID?? Seriously WTF indeed.


Well presumably like heroin it needs to be slightly acidic to dissolve in water for injection.

It's a shame governments are still willing to cause this kind of harm. If safer drugs were more available people wouldn't have to resort to these ridiculous substitutes.

Morganthsays...

Why? Because when the government does nothing these people shouldn't care about their neighbor?They shouldn't try to practice what they believe and care for people like Jesus did?>> ^NaMeCaF:

I think the scariest thing about this whole story is the fundamentalist christian groups running the rehabs.

MaxWildersays...

>> ^mxxcon:

>> ^MaxWilder:
... and now for some footage of a passing train.

but you gotta admit, that was an awesome timing.
i wonder if that was their only take or if they had to stay there the whole day to time with passing trains


If they spent time setting up that timing, that would make it even more bizarre.

NaMeCaFsays...

>> ^Morganth:

Why? Because when the government does nothing these people shouldn't care about their neighbor?They shouldn't try to practice what they believe and care for people like Jesus did?>> ^NaMeCaF:
I think the scariest thing about this whole story is the fundamentalist christian groups running the rehabs.



Oh no, don't get me wrong. If they sincerely were just helping them recover from their addiction then more power to them. What I have a problem with is the fact that they don't just do that, they brainwash the addicts and fill their heads with fundamentalist christian crap and breed more of these nutcases who go on to do the same thing, and like a big snowball effect, their numbers grow and then you end up with another America.

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