Amber Neitzel of Joliet says she first noticed the wounds on her skin 18 months ago. "It almost starts like a burn from a cigarette," she said. "It starts purple and then goes into a blister after ...

The first cases of a terrifying new drug called 'Krokodil' that eats flesh from the inside out, is flammable and leaves addicts with reptilian-like skin have been reported this week in Arizona - and ...

The horrific effects of a flesh-rotting drug that has hit the UK has been revealed in stomach-churning pictures. Krokodil has been described as the "world's deadliest drug" and has already claimed the ...

The dangerous drug is called crocodile due to its side effects: an addict’s skin turns greenish and scaly, similar to a crocodile’s. Blood vessels burst and the surrounding tissue dies, often ...

Drugs don't get much scarier than Desomorphine, a.k.a. "Krokodil." The narcotic reportedly originated in Russia a few years ago and gets its nickname ("crocodile" in Russian) from the green, scaly ...