ew name same issues, Krokodil or Heroin (chemically known as Diamorphine or Di-acetylmorphine) is one of the most dangerous drugs used by people who inject opiates intravenously. The average life expectancy of a heroin user ranges from 15 to 20 years after the first injection. Heroin addiction is also one of the major causes for the growing HIV epidemic in countries such as Russia
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Totally drug-resistant tuberculosis – Even deadlier than HIV?
After the publicizing of the deadly XDR TB (Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis) epidemic among the HIV patients in the town of Tugela Ferry (South Africa), scientists and doctors were warning about the emergence of even deadlier forms of the bacterium which causes tuberculosis. And in 2009, they were proved right. An even more deadlier form of the… Continue reading Totally drug-resistant tuberculosis – Even deadlier than HIV?