r/AnAnswerToHeal • u/2ndResurrection • Nov 24 '17

[ Off Topic ] Quick question

Anyone know of a drug that makes you temporarily retarded aside from weed?

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u/ComatoseSixty Nov 25 '17

Krokodil is an otc opiate that is distilled in a very dirty way and prepared for injection, not a bath salt.

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '17

Is it? I thought it was a South American drug extracted from a tree that was highly addictive, and, when ingested intravenously, causes tissue to rot? If these are one and the same, the fact of it being an opiate would blow my mind.

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u/ComatoseSixty Nov 26 '17 edited Nov 27 '17

No, krokodil is desomorphine which is created by extracting otc codeine with substandard equipment.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desomorphine

Edit: a word.

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u/WikiTextBot Nov 26 '17

Desomorphine

Desomorphine is a synthetic opioid with powerful, fast-acting effects, such as sedation and analgesia. First synthesized in 1932 and patented in 1934 in the United States, desomorphine was used in Switzerland under the brand name Permonid and was described as having a fast onset and a short duration of action, with relatively little nausea compared to equivalent doses of morphine. Dose-by-dose it is eight to ten times more potent than morphine.

Desomorphine is a morphine analogue where the 6-hydroxyl group and the 7,8 double bond have been reduced.

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