Authorities warn the synthetic opioid could be resistant to naloxone, a drug used to immediately reverse overdose. Getty Images/iStockphoto A flesh-eating drug about 10 times more potent than morphine ...

Authorities are warning the public about desomorphine — slang name, krokodil ― a semi-synthetic opioid that has the sedating impact of heroin but can leave a user's skin scaly, green and rotting. The ...

The St. Clair County Drug Task Force announced on Tuesday that it had its first seizure of Desomorphine, better known on the street as “Krokodil” or “Crocodil.” “Krokodil is a powerful, synthetically ...

Dangerous drug 'krokodil' appears in Michigan county for first time Desomorphine, which has a street name of krokodil because of the effects it has on the skin, has rarely been seen in Michigan.