dude, you cannot imagine what life is like in those parts of russia, they haze zero hope in life, they probably couldnt give 2 shits if they die. they probably try heroin first and are immediately hooked, they cannot stop, the withdrawal symptoms are unimaginably awful. once they cant afford heroin they need their fix, so obviously krokodil is what they turn to. you cannot blame the people, just the society they live in.