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The horrific effects of a flesh-rotting drug that has hit the UK has been revealed in stomach-churning pictures.
Krokodil has been described as the "world's deadliest drug" and has already claimed the lives of thousands in Russia and Eastern Europe.
Now the opiate, which got is name because it makes users' skin peel away, becoming scaly like a crocodile, has reached the UK.
Injecting the drug will burst blood vessels, causing the skin to rot away, becoming green and crusty.
Addicts are left with ghastly open wounds, which they are often reluctant to get treated, only causing the injuries to get more infected.
Photos of the effects how one user with a huge gaping sore on her ankle which appears to be oozing with pus.
Another has a huge red wound covering her entire leg after months of using the drug.
Beneath the wound, her foot has swelled while blotches cover her emaciated body.
And another addict is shown with her arm rotted right down, exposing a huge swathe of the bone beneath.
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The drug can be cooked-up at home and is available for a tenth of the price of heroin.
Those who use it regularly are often estimated to have just two years left to live, while its withdrawal symptoms can last for a month.
Earlier this year, a woman in Gloucester was unable to attend court because of the painful open sores on her body.
Desomorphine, the street name of which is krokodil, was branded "the world's deadliest drug" in 2016 by Time Magazine.
The Class A substance is 10 times stronger than heroin and can cause large amounts of flesh to rot away with just one small injection.
Krokodil has been injected by hundreds of thousands of people in Russia since becoming available on the country's black market in the 2000s.
The skin of those addicted to the drug has been likened to crocodile scales, to which its name is a reference. It is also known as the 'zombie drug'.
Users cook the drug up at home after buying it for a tenth of heroin's price
Krokodil became popular because it can be made cheaply using over-the-counter ingredients including paint thinner.
Hydrochloric acid and red phosphorous scraped from the sides of match boxes are also used to cook the designer drug.
Russian narcotics expert Sergey Agakalov said: "A person becomes a zombie with their body rotting, the rancid smell of which is detected a few steps away."
Users who inject it often die within two years and the drug has killed thousands of addicts.
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