Desomorphine is a synthetically derived morphine isomer, originally derived during the
search for morphine substitutes. At the beginning of the 20th century, U.S. scientists attempted to
derive new morphine-based medicines with a strong analgesic effect that
do not cause chemical dependence. As a result, scientists settled on
several pharmacologically active substances, of which desomorphine and
methadone were the most promising. Desomorphine first appeared on the Russian market in 2003. The main reason for desomorphine’s appearance and spread is the
simplicity and accessibility of its preparation. Due to the relatively
cheap, quick, and very crude preparation equipment needed, the drug is fairly inexpensive and derived from a haphazard mix of codeine-based
medications and household chemicals.
Desomorphine users suffer from an acute deterioration in their general
health, including a weakened immune system and failing liver. Their
circulation is so compromised that their limbs gradually wither and die.
Non-healing ulcers appear on the body and a person literally rots.
Veins located near the injection sites "burn up." Those addicted to
desomorphine do not survive for more than a year (for comparison: even
heroin addicts have a survival rate of up to five years).
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