Ghb leidt tot steeds meer opnames

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[Time Published November 29, 2013 at 09:10PM]

[ < - - Content ] Het aantal drugsbehandelingen op de spoedeisende hulp van ziekenhuizen is de afgelopen vijf jaar met 45 procent gestegen, vooral door ghb. Adviesbureau VeiligheidNL heeft dat in kaart gebracht op verzoek van Nieuwsuur. [ - - > ]



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Piraten Somalië verdienden 250 mln

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[Time Published November 02, 2013 at 04:55AM]

[ < - - Content ] Piraten die schepen kapen bij de Hoorn van Afrika en Somalië hebben sinds 2005 tussen de 250 en 300 miljoen euro aan losgeld verdiend. Dat geld is vervolgens weer gebruikt om andere criminele activiteiten te financieren, zoals mensensmokkel en drugshandel. Ook worden er milities mee onderhouden. [ - - > ]



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Reports of flesh-rotting drug krokodil popping up in Midwestern suburbs and NYC clubs

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[Time Published October 11, 2013 at 06:05AM]

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There have now been at least eight cases of the skin-rotting Russian drug krokodil reported in the US, according to medical professionals who spoke with The Verge, and at least three resulted in death.

Krokodil is the street name for the nasty, cheap concoction that is derived from cooking codeine with chemicals such as lighter fluid or gasoline, then injected into the skin. It’s up to 10 times as potent as morphine and lasts half as long, which makes it extremely addictive.

It was thought to be confined to Eastern Europe and Russia, where it has had devastating effects. However, it has shown up in the last year in two patients in Arizona, three deaths in Oklahoma, and three patients in Illinois, one of whom is in critical condition.

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The terrifying, flesh-eating drug krokodil has reportedly surfaced in the US

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[Time Published September 27, 2013 at 08:58PM]

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A krokodil user with necrosis of the hand.

When the nasty, highly addictive street drug krokodil appears in a new area, it tends to spread fast. So when doctors at the Banner Good Samaritan Poison and Drug Information Center got two separate reports of suspected krokodil use in the last month — possibly only the second and third cases ever reported in the US — they alerted media, government, and the medical industry.

"We’re taking it very seriously because we’re worried that this drug has finally made it here in some substantial quantity," says Dr. Aaron Skolnik, a toxicologist at Banner. "We would love to be wrong, but whenever we hear about stuff like this, we usually get more."

Krokodil has been called a "moonshine drug,"...

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