- The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued a dire warning regarding fentanyl mixed with a flesh-eating “Tranq” zombie drug that has been seized in 48 out of 50 states so far.
- In a new public safety alert, the DEA said it was warning the American public of a sharp increase in the trafficking of fentanyl mixed with xylazine. Xylazine, also known as “Tranq,” is a powerful sedative that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved for veterinary use.
- “Xylazine is making the deadliest drug threat our country has ever faced, fentanyl, even deadlier,” DEA administrator Anne Milgram said. “DEA has seized xylazine and fentanyl mixtures in 48 of 50 States. The DEA Laboratory System is reporting that in 2022 approximately 23% of fentanyl powder and 7% of fentanyl pills seized by the DEA contained xylazine.”
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Flesh-Eating ‘Zombie’ Drug Now Found In 48 States
Used syringes, collected by the staff of the Family and Medical Counselling Service Inc (FMCS), sit in a container inside the FMCS van in Washington, DC, on April 21, 2022. - Several organizations are trying to fight the damages caused by fentanyl, an ultra-powerful and addictive synthetic opioid, in the US capital. In 2021, 95% of the city's fatal opioid overdoses were fentanyl-related, and 85% were Black people. (Photo by Agnes BUN / AFP) (Photo by AGNES BUN/AFP via Getty Images)
