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Behind the Krokodil Panic

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Relax! The home-brewed Russian drug isn’t invading America. Here’s how the media got duped into mistaking an old existing epidemic for a new outbreak.

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“Zombie Apocalypse Drug Reaches U.S.,” read one headline. “Flesh-Eating 'Zombie' Drug 'Kills You from the Inside Out,” blared another.“The Most Horrifying Drug in the World Comes to the U.S.,”

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