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>>> OKAY, HERE WE GO.
THIS NEXT STORY MIGHT MAKE YOU A
LITTLE SQUEAMISH.
IT INCLUDES GRAPHIC PICTURES SO
IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE SOUND OF
THAT, TURN AWAY NOW.
OKAY.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THIS DRUG.
IT'S CALLED CROCADIL.
A DEADLY STREET DRUG.
FIRST SURFACED IN RUSSIA.
GIVES A HIGH, THEY SAY, SIMILAR
TO THAT OF ***.
BUT UNLIKE ***, IT ALSO EATS
YOUR FLESH FROM THE INSIDE OUT.
AND DESPITE WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING
AT, THESE HORRIFYING SIDE
EFFECTS, IT HAS MADE ITS WAY
ACROSS THE OCEAN FROM RUSSIA
WITH TWO CASES POPPING UP HERE
IN THE U.S. JUST THIS PAST WEEK.
>> WE'VE HAD TWO CASES THIS PAST
WEEK.
THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN ARIZONA.
AND AS FAR AS I KNOW, THIS IS
THE FIRST CASES IN THE UNITED
STATES THAT ARE REPORTED.
SO WE'RE EXTREMELY FRIGHTENED.
>> CNN'S AMY HERE TO EXPLAIN.
YOU HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT PRETTY
SQUEAMISH VIDEOS TODAY FOR
YOURSELF.
>> ACTUALLY SHOWING YOU THE
EDITED VERSION, TONED DOWN.
>> NOT AS GRAPHIC AS YOU LOOKED
ADD, WHICH I HAVE AVOIDED.
WE'RE REPORTING ON TWO CASES.
YOU DISCOVERED THERE HAVE BEEN
MORE?
>> THERE HAVE BEEN.
THIS IS SO NEW THAT EVEN THE
DOCTORS DON'T KNOW.
POISON CONTROL CENTERS, THEY
HAVEN'T EVEN HAD TIME TO
COLLABORATE THE INFORMATION.
WE GOT THE ATTENTION OF TWO
CASES IN ARIZONA.
WE HAVE NOW FOUND OUT THERE'S A
TOTAL OF FIVE THIS YEAR, 2013.
NONE LAST YEAR.
SO FOR RUSSIA, THOUGH, BETTER
PART OF A DECADE, PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN SHOWING UP WITH THE
TELL-TALE SYMPTOMS OF CKROKODIL,
WHICH IS BASELY GREEN, SCALY
SKIN.
IT'S SO DAMAGING THAT PEOPLE
WERE SHOWING UP IN EMERGENCY
ROOMS WITHOUT LIMBS.
WITH THEIR BONES EXPOSED.
>> WHAT?
>> IT'S SO DAMAGING ACTUALLY
THAT ONCE THE USERS START, THEIR
LIFE SPAN, TWO TO THREE YEARS.
SO WHY WOULD ANYONE USE THIS
DRUG, RIGHT?
AS YOU MENTIONED, IT'S A HIGH
LIKE ***, BUT IT'S A LOT
CHEAPER AND EASIER TO MAKE.
>> WHAT'S IN IT FOR IT TO BRING
PEOPLE TO THE HOSPITALS MISSING
LIMBS?
>> IT'S DECAMORPHINE.
IT HAS COATING AS THE PRIMARY
SOURCE OF MATERIAL.
IN RUSSIA, THEY DON'T HAVE THE
REGULATIONS WE DO.
YOU ALSO HAVE HYDROCHLORIC ACID.
RED PHOSPHORUS FROM THE TIP OF A
MATCH, AND THEN THE MORE
DANGEROUS THINGS, ANYTHING FROM
ALCOHOL, GASOLINE, PAINT
STRIPPER, ALL OF THESE NON-PURE,
SO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING DRUGS,
THE THING THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING
TO AFFECT YOU MOST, THAT'S GOING
TO LEAD TO THOSE LONG-TERM
DAMAGES IS THE IMPURITIES YOU
DON'T SEE IN THINGS LIKE