Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-33937557-20180603171940/@comment-9041013-20180607195345

Jdeschene wrote: BloodySpghetti wrote: DrBobSmith wrote: BloodySpghetti,

The author will have to officially confirm or deny that but I suspect it. Remember that there has never been a confirmed use of street Krokodil in the USA and for all practical purposes production of desomorphine is banned in the USA. (It is limited to 5 grams/year). It was only popular in Russia because codeine was still over the counter until like five years ago. When the codeine dried up the krokodil use rate dropped way off. Well, the whole point of mentioning this drug, is because of the reputation it had gotten, even if not intentionally, it's this idea of a terrible, crippling narcotic that must've gotten to the writer's head. Which is kind of silly, considering how he hasn't used the reputation at all in his story.

Might as well give the kid a caffeine overdose which will, given the right amount of caffeine in his system - cause the same result.

Also, there's a quote button in this chatting system. I think it's the drug's reputation that allows the story to exist. What more do you want? You're really worrying too much about this, I think. What do I want? that same reputation to make an appearence in a story. I don't want a kid dying from a synthetic morphine overdose when I read about Krokodil, I want a kid losing a limb, gruesomely, before overdosing on that drug. Did you ever watch Requiem for a Dream? It is a shocking film not because of weird filming style but because it details what drug addiction does to your life from various perspectives.

We all know overdosing might kill you, that isn't the scary part to a casual audience, the scary part is how... and in Krokodil's case, the overdose possibility is the least scary affect on one's body.

I am not really worried, I just keep getting quoted :O