No Confirmed Reports of Desomorphine (“Krocodil”/“Crocodile”) in Canada (CCENDU Bulletin)

Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction

  • Psychoactive Substances
  • Substance Use Epidemiology

Read this report

About this report

Summarizes confirmed and unconfirmed reports about the presence of desomorphine (also known as krokodil), a synthetic opioid derived from morphine, in Canada and the United States. This bulletin also provides key information about the drug.