Krokodil: Russia's Deadliest Drug (NSFW)

A homemade drug called Krokodil is gaining popularity in Siberia and its effects on users are horrific. Krokodil is Russian for Crocodile, because of the way addicts' skin begins to get turn scaly, dry and eventually rot right off their bodies. Even most heroin users are frightened by Krokodil and want nothing to do with this terrifying drug. For more videos from VICE News, click here: http://bit.ly/PILfBe Hosted by Alison Severs | Originally released in 2011 at http://vice.com Produced by Andy Capper and Alison Severs Follow Andy at http://twitter.com/andycapper Follow Alison at http://twitter.com/alisonsevers 0:48 The History of the Heroin Epidemic 2:23 Arrive in Zavodskoy 6:10 The Golden Present 8:48 The Citadel of Drugs 11:20 Krokodil 13:13 Young Women's Rehab Centre 15:24 Visiting the Priest 17:22 Teen Challenge 20:50 Pharmacies 21:55 Survivors Check out the World's Scariest Drug: http://bit.ly/Devils-Breath Subscribe for videos that are actually good: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE Check out our full video catalog: /user/vice/videos Videos, daily editorial and more: http://vice.com Like VICE on Facebook: http://fb.com/vice Follow VICE on Twitter: http://twitter.com/vice

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