The zombie drug Tranq is becoming more popular in the USA, and the pictures it produces look like they belong in a horror movie. Authorities are boosting up their efforts to stop the illegal import of the lethal and increasingly tainted animal tranquillizer xylazine.
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| Effect of Xylazine ("Tranq") drug in human body |
In the US, fentanyl addiction, a synthetic opioid, is becoming more and more of a problem. The medication has been combined for a while with the veterinary drug xylazine. It reminds me of zombie television shows like "The Walking Dead" in how it affects people. Particularly violent: the medication kills tissue, necessitating amputations occasionally.
The medicine, which is often administered to large animals like horses, will now be subject to harsher import regulations, according to the US Food and medicine Administration (FDA).
This is done to stop the medicine from being sold illegally in the United States while still being suitable for usage in animals. Xylazine is sometimes referred to as "tranq" or "zombie drug" in common parlance. The substance is used by drug traffickers to cut other narcotics including fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine.
Xylazine might have "serious and life-threatening side effects" in people, according to the FDA. The medication can cause life-threatening reductions in body temperature, blood pressure, heart rate, and perspiration. When xylazine is injected, there is also a chance of severe skin damage, bodily tissue decaying and dying, which can necessitate amputation.
In the United States, there is rising concern about xylazine in relation to deadly drug overdoses. The percentage of fatal overdoses in the US state of Pennsylvania where the substance was found increased from 2 to 26 percent between 2015 and 2020, according to the National Institute on Substance Abuse.
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| Tranq drug effect |