Residents Warned of Home-Brewed 'krokodil' Heroin

Residents warned of home-brewed 'krokodil' heroin

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The drug, typically injected, has the street name "krokodil" because of greenish, scaly skin lesions addicts develop, giving them the appearance of having crocodile skin, according to the Drug Enforcement Agency. Physicians with the Pittsburgh Poison …
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Task force looks to cut Miss. prison population

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The state would spend more money trying to treat people who commit crimes to feed drug or alcohol addiction instead of sending them to prison. As a trade-off, there would be new minimums on how long convicts must be imprisoned. Nonviolent offenders …
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Conn. university to test pot for contaminants

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… but the drug was listed as a secondary suspected cause contributing to 279 deaths. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in July that an "epidemic" of synthetic drug use has caused rising numbers of deaths and emergency room visits.
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Closing arguments delivered in NM capital case

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Defense attorney Gary Mitchell, however, told jurors McCluskey "is a human, he's a man," with a low IQ who has suffered a hard life of abuse, brain damage, a prison rape and addiction. McCluskey shouldn't have to pay the ultimate price "because the …
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