What a stupid thing to shoot up . . .

[XCashier]

Krokodil. Don't look unless you have an extremely strong stomach.

http://io9.com/5859291/krokodil-russ...eat-your-flesh

Here's an article about Krokodil without pics: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...s-2300787.html

That stuff...I have no words.

[NateTheChops]

That's funny considering saline is what they use to clean out your IV tube before they stick another bag in.

[Sapphire Silk]

That's funny considering saline is what they use to clean out your IV tube before they stick another bag in.

I'm not sure why you mention saline here.

[NateTheChops]

Saline = Salt. I just think it's funny that they're getting high off something via injection that all ready ends up in your system as a result of standard medical procedures.

[Flying Grype]

Saline = Salt. I just think it's funny that they're getting high off something via injection that all ready ends up in your system as a result of standard medical procedures.

"Salts" can mean a large class of mineral crystals, though, not just sodium chloride. "Bath salts" are often other types of salt such as magnesium sulfate, also called epsom salts.

[wagegoth]

Saline = Salt. I just think it's funny that they're getting high off something via injection that all ready ends up in your system as a result of standard medical procedures.

Not the same thing at all:

http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/f...s-drug-dangers

[Sapphire Silk]

Saline = Salt. I just think it's funny that they're getting high off something via injection that all ready ends up in your system as a result of standard medical procedures.

Well, as someone else mentioned, the word "salts" applies to many things. And in this case, it's not even what we traditionally think of as bath salts, but other substances with that misleading label so as to avoid being labeled a designer drug and banned by the DEA.

[wolfie]

Looks like this patient is yet another case study in why the stuff is called "dope".

[Marmalady]

I believe it was Terry Pratchett who said (can't remember it verbatim) that there is nothing in the universe so completely and utterly stupid and / or dangerous that human beings won't do it, or words to that effect. Every day I see and hear of things that remind me of that.

[Cia]

You know, I heard about a lady who did this same thing. Got her arm amputated after they opened up and actually saw the muscles dissolving in front of their eyes.

The crap folks'll do for a high.

I don't know if that would be fascinating to watch or massively scary.

[fireheart]

You know, I heard about a lady who did this same thing. Got her arm amputated after they opened up and actually saw the muscles dissolving in front of their eyes.

The crap folks'll do for a high.

Krokodil. Don't look unless you have an extremely strong stomach.

http://io9.com/5859291/krokodil-russ...eat-your-flesh

Here's an article about Krokodil without pics: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...s-2300787.html

That stuff...I have no words.

That stuff is NASTY! I wonder what would happen if it was to hit Aussie shores...

[Mishi]

That stuff is NASTY! I wonder what would happen if it was to hit Aussie shores...

It'd be much harder to cook, at least up here, because the government has made it harder to buy codeine. If krokodil did make its way over here, I think it would quickly overtake ice despite the side effects.