The drug has been classified as an “emerging threat” by the US government
A video circulating on social media shows the effect of xylazine, known as the “zombie drug”, on users. The medicine is used to sedate animals and in humans it can make them unable to perform simple tasks, such as walking, and cause more serious harm, such as paranoia, seizures, overdose and death.
According to the images, recorded in Philadelphia, in the United States, users of the “zombie drug” appear thrown on the sidewalks, in a vegetative state. On the 12th, the US government announced that it was designating xylazine as an “emerging threat.”
“This is the first time in our nation’s history that a substance has been designated as an emerging threat,” Dr. Rahul Gupta, director of the White House Office of Drug Enforcement, said at a news conference.
Although xylazine is a low-cost substance, traffickers add drugs such as fentanyl to its composition, which increase the lethality of the substance in the body. According to the newspaper The globethe traffickers’ goal is to increase profits.
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