A Mexican teenager has fallen victim to the horrifying effects of Krokodil, a flesh-eating self-made drug that has spread across the continent from Russia.
According to the Huffington Post, Puerto Vallarta authorities were presented with the case after the 17-year-old admitted her addiction to Krokodil, and even worse: she was suffering from lacerations in her genital area.
“The young woman who used this drug had an infection that had rotted her genitals. It wasn’t sexually transmitted. She said she’d been using krokodil for the last two months,” Hernandez said, according to a Huffington Post translation of Mexican newspaper El Periodico Correo.
Mexico first reported that Jalisco, which is known for its high drug cartel activity, was the first state to report Krokodil addictions. The drug has over 1 million users in Russia and small cases have popped up in the U.S throughout Chicago and Arizona.
Krokodil is a street drug with effects similar to heroin that is made by cooking crushed codeine pills with household chemicals. It is significantly cheaper than heroin, and reportedly ten times as potent. However, the impurities in the drug damage vascular tissue, which causes the flesh to rot.
We pray this young woman gets the help she needs.
SOURCE: Huffington Post | PHOTO CREDIT: Handout
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