Nevada Prevention Resource Center
UPDATE Providing weekly updates for Professionals, Counselors, Educators, Parents and Activists
Volume:
9
Issue:
30 September 2013
11
Krokodil: Flesh-Eating Narcotic Comes to the U.S. Krokodil’s patent started in the `1930’s as a deriviative of morphine. Due to its side effects it was taken out of commission. However, it has been used as a cheaper heroin in Russia for the last ten years. It has now made its way to the U.S. with toxicologists at the Banner Good Samaritan Poison and Drug Information Center in Phoenix saying they have seen a “handful” of patients believed to have taken krokodil.
Here are links to several articles about the drug and its dangers: (WARNING- The images in these articles are graphic.) •
•
•
Has krokodil - the horrific street drug that rots the flesh of addicts – made the switch from Russia to the US?
•
Flesh-rotting ‘krokodil’ drug makes it to US, ‘frightens’ Arizona medics
Russia’s Flesh-Eating Drug Krokodil Has Arrived In The U.S. And Here’s Why That Should Scare You
•
Flesh-rotting ‘krokodil’ drug emerges in USA
What is krokodil? The fleshrotting drug comes to the U.S.
•
Desomorphine - Compound Summary
AG Masto Calls on FDA to regulate E-Cigs Emphasizing the need for immediate regulatory oversight of e-cigarettes, Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto today urged the FDA to place restrictions on the advertising and ingredients of the popular, highly-addictive product, and prohibit its sale to minors.
E-cigarettes are an increasingly widespread product that is growing rapidly among both youth and adults. E-cigarettes are battery operated products that heat liquid nicotine, derived from tobacco plants, into a vapor that is inhaled by the user. E-cigarette manufacturers are using marketing tactics
similar to those big tobacco used in the last 50 to 100 years to attract new smokers. Celebrity endorsements, television advertising, cartoons, fruit flavors, attractive packaging and cheap prices all serve to encourage youth consumption of these dangerous products
New Resources
Awareness Campaigns
• • • • • • •
Bullying Prevention Awareness Month
2273 Buying Contacts Online 2274 Insulin 2275 Contact Lens Care 2276 Flu 2277 Loss of Bladder Control 2278 Generic Drugs 2279 Registries Help Moms Measure Medication
National Hispanic Heritage Month National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month This publication was supported in whole or in part by the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health, Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Agency (SAPTA) through State General Funds and/or the SAPT Block Grant for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the U.S. DHHS, SAMHSA, or the State of Nevada.