Congress is taking measures to combat the fentanyl and xylazine crises, but more action is needed to address the escalating epidemic.
What's Going On with Tranq?
Xylazine, known as 'tranq,' found in black-market drugs, linked to overdose deaths, and labeled a 'zombie drug.' Often mixed with fentanyl for dangerous effects.
Preventing the Zombie Drug Apocalypse
Congress is taking measures to combat the fentanyl and xylazine crises, but more action is needed to address the escalating epidemic.
What's Going On with Tranq?
Xylazine, known as 'tranq,' found in black-market drugs, linked to overdose deaths, and labeled a 'zombie drug.' Often mixed with fentanyl for dangerous effects.
Powerful animal sedative likely cause of overdose spike in Chicago
Medetomidine, a potent animal tranquilizer not approved for human use, caused recent drug overdoses in Chicago with deadly effects when combined with other substances.
Deadly flesh-eating drug linked to at least 11 UK deaths
Xylazine, a deadly drug causing necrotic sores and overdoses, has infiltrated the UK market linked to 11 deaths.
The drug is being mixed with a variety of illicit substances in the UK, posing a significant public health threat.